http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/06/22/on-solving-the-credit-crunch/ Bursts of Clarity, Illuminated. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/06/22/on-solving-the-credit-crunch/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Is the Market working? Yes, Unfortunately. | Oceans of Thought Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:03:31 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/?p=109#comment-125 [...] melt down. Yesterday, The house rejected the “plan.” bail our or resuce as you decide. Credit markets are freezing up and locking people and companies into being unable to pay their [...] [...] melt down. Yesterday, The house rejected the “plan.” bail our or resuce as you decide. Credit markets are freezing up and locking people and companies into being unable to pay their [...]

]]> http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/06/22/on-solving-the-credit-crunch/comment-page-1/#comment-117 On America Inc., and Your Money | Oceans of Thought Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:41:56 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/?p=109#comment-117 [...] Our pyramid scheme requires almost blind trust, and most importantly, spending. The moment people stop spending , the systems slows and grinds to a halt. If consumers don’t spend, stores, shops and corporations don’t make money, and have to lay off workers,who generally, stop spending more. People fall behind on bills which causes lending institutions to fail. The cycle generally cannot be broken out of unless someone or something with allot of assets can spend their way out of it, or the government can generate positive cash flow. [...] [...] Our pyramid scheme requires almost blind trust, and most importantly, spending. The moment people stop spending , the systems slows and grinds to a halt. If consumers don’t spend, stores, shops and corporations don’t make money, and have to lay off workers,who generally, stop spending more. People fall behind on bills which causes lending institutions to fail. The cycle generally cannot be broken out of unless someone or something with allot of assets can spend their way out of it, or the government can generate positive cash flow. [...]

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