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• [1] O from Forest Hills September 25, 2008 - 10:53AM

  I think it would be great if we do not bail out the debentures, they aren't banks, they are investment firms,

  if we do not bail them out, and we can't get credit, that is a good thing, mortgages are too high, too much credit, we finance furniture and cars and now even exercise equipment. it is ridiculous. let it crash and burn and then we can fix things from there.

  a bail out will plunge us worse into poverty.

  
  
• [2] Mary September 25, 2008 - 10:54AM

  Did Brian just say that if credit dries up we won't be able to borrow money to send our kids to school?

  
  
• [3] Mike from NYC September 25, 2008 - 11:06AM

  I have yet to understand how a global depression will benefit the poor, except perhaps by increasing their numbers.

  
  
• [4] Corinne Gregory from Bellevue, WA September 25, 2008 - 05:57PM

  The biggest thing we can do to help children in need -- beyond the basics of making sure they have food, clothing and shelter -- is to ENSURE them an equal education. And, that goes well beyond Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic.

  Kids in disadvantaged circumstances need to be given the lifeskills they need to compete on an equal footing with those better off. What this equates to is social skills. Social skills are the great equalizers, and they are more important than education level, socio-economic background, who you know, where you came from, etc. Especially in minority groups, or kids from immigrant families who are just learning English and our culture, if we can equip them with the skills that allow them to compete on a level playing field in the mainstream American marketplace, we can help them break the cycle of poverty in ways that nothing else will.