Reply #143: For What It's Worth,

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I believe #1.

I don't believe #2. What I do believe is that this deal today will buy the time necessary for other REAL actions to be taken. The credit crunch was real. The upcoming holiday season is real. If the credit crunch were to remain with as much fear behind it as there was, the trickle down would've been significant in my opinion. That is why I've constantly been on the side of this passing, much like Obama has been, because even though the deal overall sucks it is still necessary at this time to prevent a bunch of innocent people from having to suffer. Already many have been the victims of what's been going on due to their credit cards being cancelled, credit lines reduced, loan amounts reduced, etc.

So yeah, we could've done much better in a perfect world and this is only a small immediate piece of a much larger puzzle. But this piece was mandatory right now in my opinion, regardless of some other DU'ers strong opinions.