I have been having a running debate with one of my investment bank friends (call him Mike) about how to stimulate the economy. His essential premise is that below-water mortgages (where the value of the home is less than the outstanding mortgage) are causing banks to freeze lendable assets in anticipation of being forced to write down potential bad loans in the inevitable event of a homeowners default. If the government “covers” the portion of the account underwater and allows the bank to remark...

Sick as a dog for the past week & working 11-12 hour days. Sorry I have been away I have come home, ate & died for the oast several days!!

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I am amazed & happy to see so many people in NYC & throughout the country who are PEACEFULLY protesting about the economic conditions that exist here & in Europe.

When we witnessed the young, educated, unemployed people of the Middle East last Spring - why did we not see that the young, educated & unemployed people of the US would do the same?

At this point I would not (could not) look at these protests & say they are as siginificant as the Civil RIghts...