ISSUE #1

[underpants]

Iraq? Nope
Terror? (I thought that was Issue #1 in 2004 :shrug: ) Nooope




Full coverage See how the slumping economy affects you. All this week, on CNN



Iraq? Nope
Terror? (I thought that was Issue #1 in 2004 :shrug: ) Nooope


Hot Topics » Issue #1: America's Money • Election Center • Impact Your World • more topics »

Your stories
America's Money: In their own words
Everyday folks speak out about hard economic times. (more)
• Financial pain hits close to home
• One family's money: A soldier's story


Your wallet
'Working for gas'
The people of Camden, Ala. pay a bigger chunk of their income for fuel than anyone else in the country - meaning tough choices for the ever thinner family budget. (more)


Your job
Green-collar jobs
The workplace is turning more eco-friendly, creating new occupations. (more)
• Extreme job hunting
• Unemployment claims surge in latest week

Your home
Brokers who lie, and more subprime nightmares
Many homeowners who were subject to predatory lending practices are trying to rework their loans. Few are having any luck. (more)
• Homeowners: Can't pay? Just walk away
• Home sales rise on biggest-ever price drop

http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/americas_money/2008/

[madokie]

1. money trumps war

in bushworld

[Fleshdancer]

3. that's because war IS money in bushworld

:(

[madokie]

7. you bet it is

Love is a powerful force. Love for ones fellow person is a good thing whereas love of money is why we're in this mess to begin with. Seems that even religion is driven by the love of money too, I often wonder what the deal is with that

[mike_c]

2. CNN is helping to distract Americans from the real problems this country faces....

Don't believe the noise they're generating. Turning off my television was one of the best decisions I've ever made. On the rare occasions when I watch TV-- once or twice a year-- I'm shocked and amazed by the drek people willingly allow into their homes via the cable.

[underpants]

4. I only catch it because my wife and I switched schedules in the morning

She takes the little one to daycare now so I have it on while I am getting ready. I do from time to time check out the MSM- it is good for a laugh until I realize that this is the truth to some people

[elocs]

5. Money is the fuel which keeps our lives and our country moving.

It pays for our food and shelter, the big and little things in our lives. It keeps our country moving in the right direction or the wrong direction. It can be used to make peoples' lives better. or it can be used to fuel foreign wars which line the pockets of a select few, but which will ultimately collapse the country like Rome. Life is about choices and consequences--bad choices, bad consequences.

[Double T]

6. Tanking economy, falling value of the dollar, out of control inflation,........

continual loss of GOOD PAYING jobs combined with plant closings should be important to EVERYONE. Let US not forget the contribution wall street, corporate america, corporate world and the filthy rich have made to the TOTAL destruction of our nations economy, finances and specially future.

[Dulcinea]

8. To most people, the economy really is issue #1.

A war in a faraway land most people can't find on a map...that's something happening to other people, for the most part.

BUT, losing their jobs, homes and $4/gallon gas...that's happening to THEM, here at home.

I'm not saying I agree, mind you. I'm saying this is how many Americans think.