La crisi

Muy complicado, admito que yo sigo sin saber para dónde agarrar. Desde mis principios, sigo creyendo que el salvataje es una barbaridad y sigo teniendo serias dudas sobre su utilidad. Pero por otro lado, no puedo evitar que me afecten las declaraciones tremendistas de tantos economistas y supuestos entendidos. Creo que es inevitable “hacer algo” en el medio de semejante zafarrancho.

Miren lo que dice el Senador Tom Coburn (R-OK), para nada el típico zurdito histérico:

“Taxpayers deserve to know that there is no guarantee this plan will work, but there is a guarantee that we will face a financial catastrophe if we do nothing. If banks continue to fail and stop lending the average American could lose their job, be unable to secure a loan for a car, home or college education, and find their life savings and retirement in jeopardy. Our economy depends on having liquid assets available for credit and lending just as an automobile engine needs oil. If those liquid assets stop flowing, our economy will be seriously damaged and will require far more costly and lengthy repairs.”

Y especialmente esta parte:

“This bill does not represent a new and sudden departure from free market principles as much as it represents an emergency response to congressional actions that have ignored free market principles, and our Constitution, for decades. If anyone in Washington should offer their resignation it should be the members of Congress who peddled the fantasy of free home ownership without risk. No institution in our country is more responsible for the myth or borrowing without consequences than the United States Congress.”

Vamos a ver si me ayudan a decidir de una vez que esperan mi llamada en el Salón Oval.