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Updated: 9:57 PM Oct 1, 2008
Florida Consumer Confidence Rises
Floridians have apparently not been paying much attention to the woes on Wall Street and controversy in Congress. Posted: 3:03 PM Sep 30, 2008 |
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As a lifelong resident of Florida and having lived through the early 80's boom in which 1000's of people a month were moving to Florida, I can tell you that we have nobody to blame but ourselves. I tire of hearing our candidates for office telling the American public that Wall Street and Washington are to blame for the state of the economy. Certainly, both of those share some blame for this current problem, but few realize or want to admit, that nobody is forced at gun-point to sign loan papers. Now Washington lawmakers must step in and pass legislation to protect the average consumer from his own greed or ignorance. How soon people forget that in our recent past, this same thing occurred. How many have forgot the Savings & Loan fallout of the 80's in which banks failed because of unsecured loans. Now Washington is being called upon to "save us." You cannot legislate common sense but a few years of belt tightening and doing without can.
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