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[solarbird]

Taking Your Money Anyway

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[elfs.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm perfectly aware of your take on the matter. I just don't know why the press (and the blogosphere, too) thinks this is more interesting than watching Lurch Henry Paulson shackle our children to the national debt for all eternity.

[shadesofmauve]

I think it really is that the financial mess is too big for most people to wrap their heads around, is much more arcane, and makes people panic. The big 3 is a more straightforward example of How To Lose At Capitalism that we can all understand and deride. Not to mention that people have personal, 2 a.m. in the snow on the side of the freeway experiences with shitty cars. They're not GOOD reasons to focus more on this issue than the financial bailout, but they're understandable.

[backrubbear.livejournal.com]

There's also the fact that the Big 3 going under translate more immediately into direct unemployment. Financial organizations going under are harder to understand.