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CAN SOMEONE ASK HIS FRAUDULENCY TO PLEASE EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING, as came to light yesterday by way of NewsHounds:

Remember all that talk about tax cuts stimulating the economy and letting the market work and trickle down blah, blah, blah? None of it worked.

After Bush’s first full business day in office on January 22, 2001, the Dow closed at 10,587.59.

Nearly eight years on, the Dow closed today (September 29, 2008) at 10,365.45, 222.14 points below where it was when Bush took charge.

So far, no mention of this by Bush's "business news" guy, Neil Cavuto.

Which brings to mind the following worthwhile video from Brave New Films as reveals just what class of hypocrite John McCain is when it comes to regulatory relief being the magic key as will create jobs and, in its turn, social stability:

(In any case, please pass this video along.)

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AS FOR ANY REALISTIC "JOBS CREATION" LIKELY TO ENSUE AS A BYPRODUCT OF THE CURRENT SOCIOECONOMIC CRISES AND SITUATION, Your Correspondent has to wonder if the only such is likely to come by way of scam artists who traditionally exploit, and cash in on, socioeconomic uncertainty and mass unemployment with particular emphasis upon:

• those with few or no realistically marketable job skills vis-a-vis current economic conditions;
• those living in economically-disadvantaged communities, or such with otherwise complacent "old school" socioeconomic mindsets (as in unskilled manufacturing); and
• those unemployable for reasons outside their direct control, such as:
• age;
• blindness;
• disabilities;
• emotional disorders or histories of mental illness;
• lack of decent education; or
• need to care for infants or elderly relatives.

And the only "help wanted" ads likely to be seen are such of the "homeworkers urgently needed" sort as tend to what one critic of online "make money fast" scams describes as "vapourware," or otherwise tends to perpetuate make-work Ludditery (as in "home mailing" positions which could just as easily be handled by mailroom services with their economies of automation and scale, unless cause can be shown otherwise for the need of homeworkers).

Not Only That: You also have the possibility of certain chain-letter types claiming that the current National Economic Emergency has prompted a temporary suspension of enforcement of the mail-fraud statutes as involve "make money from home" offers "in the interest of keeping especially unskilled people busy all the more," or so the patsy will go--particularly so when it comes to the likes of "Five Reports," "cashflow gifting," "forced matrix" and "Aussie one-up" schemes using both traditional letterposts and "spam" e-mails where PayPal or similar will likely be utilised.

Which, in the latter instance, would raise questions of such being Wire Fraud, inasmuch as the Internet uses telephonic, fiber-optic or broadband cable-TV wirelines as their agency of transmission.

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HAVE YOU SEEN THAT AD FOR THE AMEX BUSINESS GOLD CARD which has an airline passenger trying to buy a ticket for the next flight to San Francisco with a "vanity" credit card--only to be met by TSA agents before he's able to by the tickets in the belief that such may be a Security Risk?

Such has to make you wonder if the TSA's super-secretive "Do Not Fly" Lists include such with credit cards as are issued on a secured or otherwise Morris Plan-type arrangement, or such issued by banks with a notoriety for issuing VISA and MasterCard to poor credit risks @ higher-than-average rates.

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MEANWHILE, MIGHT I BE ONE TO SUGGEST THAT, IN SEEKING TO REUNITE AND REBUILD AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES, there be a revival of the "classical" model of Building Society as a way to finance home ownership among the working-classes in particular.

As in managed on a mutual-ownership basis.

And offering three basic types of account:

1. Monthly Installment Shares (a/k/a "save as you earn"), where one agrees to buy a set amount of shares @ $1/share, payable monthly, which would be repayable once the amounts paid in and the dividends on same equal $200/share. Usually offered only once or twice a year.
2. Ordinary Shares, similar to a regular passbook account in that such allows one to save any amount of money and receive dividends on same.
3. Paid-Up Shares, usually sold @ $50 or $100/share, paying a higher dividend than Monthly Installment or Ordinary shares; similar to a Certificate of Deposit, but cashable @ any time.

Which, in turn, could ensure a stable supply of funds to make possible affordable, and @ once energy-efficent (not to mention practical), housing. Any such who have had acquaintenance with this type of Building Society, especially so such as operated in Pennsylvania, Maryland or Delaware until some 25 years ago (usually with private deposit-insurance protection), is encouraged to offer their comments.

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SOMETHING WHICH THOSE SOUTHERNERS FACING GAS SHORTAGES FOR SOME WHILE NOW may want to consider for the time being:

Consider getting their shopping done online, the better to save not only gas and time, but also bedlam and confusion @ both gas lines and shopping malls. And The Exaggerator is pleased to offer a decent selection of affiliated e-tailers as should serve your every requirements.

So what exactly stands in the way?