Email Congress, Throw Out the Oligarchs

[K Carlson]

Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot. There are numerous reports circulating from respected economists who support nationalizing the banks/or breaking up the power of the banking oligarchs. We should email our representatives en masse and ask our friends to do the same.

Here are just a few of the articles that support Simon Johnson's assertion that "every consensus must end".

Roubini's "Nationalize the Banks! We're All Swedes Now"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...d=opinionsbox1

Conservative Lindsey Graham's "We Might Have to Nationalize the Banks"
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/1...ize-the-banks/

Willem Buiter's "Good Bank/New Bank vs Bad Bank: A Rare Example of a No-Brainer"
http://blogs.ft.com/mavercon/2009/02...-a-no-brainer/

We need to apply a carrot and stick approach to our representatives. Tell them we will be watching like a hawk and voting accordingly. Remember EJ's claim that our politicians' number one goal is re-election.

[K Carlson]

Re: Email Congress, Throw Out the Oligarchs

The link to Willem Buiter's article "Good Bank/New Bank vs Bad Bank: A Rare Example of a No-Brainer" doesn't seem to work. Try going to ft.com and checking out his February 2009 blogs. Sorry.

[rabot10]

Re: Email Congress, Throw Out the Oligarchs

Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot. There are numerous reports circulating from respected economists who support nationalizing the banks/or breaking up the power of the banking oligarchs. We should email our representatives en masse and ask our friends to do the same.

Here are just a few of the articles that support Simon Johnson's assertion that "every consensus must end".

Roubini's "Nationalize the Banks! We're All Swedes Now"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...d=opinionsbox1

Conservative Lindsey Graham's "We Might Have to Nationalize the Banks"
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/1...ize-the-banks/

Willem Buiter's "Good Bank/New Bank vs Bad Bank: A Rare Example of a No-Brainer"
http://blogs.ft.com/mavercon/2009/02...-a-no-brainer/

We need to apply a carrot and stick approach to our representatives. Tell them we will be watching like a hawk and voting accordingly. Remember EJ's claim that our politicians' number one goal is re-election.

Done!/......