Reply #25: I doubt it.

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I think they're just looting the economy and the treasury, Republican business as usual. A major economic collapse on their watch would probably produce another generational swing to the left, a la Roosevelt and the Great Depression; not at all what they want.

Anyway, I was asking the OP why he/she thinks rising interest rates would be a good thing. I'm pretty sure they'd be a terrible thing, especially given the current weakness of the economy and the collapse of the housing market.