Friday, September 26, 2008

I did a quick survey of common people at a couple of local stores over the past two days, regarding their opinion on the $700 Billion Bail out plan. I've posted their comments below.

Out of only 11 people I spoke with, 4 clearly had no clue. They did not know anything about it all all. Three people almost did not know anything. And 4 had specific comments.

The question: "What do think about the $700 Billion Bail Out?
Comments, in order of chronology:

1) Don't know about it. Haven't heard the news lately.
2) I'm very mad. They are the ones at fault. What about us?
3) Great if it works.
4) Don't know. If they gotta do it, they gotta do it.
5) We've been helping the big guys get where they are. What about us when we need it?
6) If we're going to give this money to these companies, they should give us something back in return.
7) Don't care. Life goes on.
8) What bail out? McCain? (no the Wall Street bail out) Oh, uh... they're lining their pockets. That's all--looking out for themselves. But I haven't followed it much.
9) Don't know.
10) Not good. Don't know much about it.
11) Don't know anything about it.

1 comment:

Hamid said...

Your blog article is a short and wonderful sighting at our nation's economic disaster caused by the neoconsevativs and the Bush gang, the same vultures who have always used, as Naomi Klein puts it, " Shock treatment" in every attempt they have made to resolve a problem. Shock and Awe in Iraq, shock and Awe in New Orleans, and now shock and Awe in resolving our economic problem.


Keep up the good work,
Hamid