Obama taps Bernanke for second term

[Titantron]

"come on now, this current situation isn't even close to a comparison of the Great Depression. People are still buying new cars, going on vacations, going to sporting events, buying up boxes and cases of trading cards, living life to the fullest. I hate how people try and say that the times today are so tough, they're just being over-dramatic"

Not yet. It is happening before our eyes. Thats the point. The out of control spending has to stop.

[OnePimpTiger]

come on now, this current situation isn't even close to a comparison of the Great Depression. People are still buying new cars, going on vacations, going to sporting events, buying up boxes and cases of trading cards, living life to the fullest. I hate how people try and say that the times today are so tough, they're just being over-dramatic

I'll be the first to say this is nowhere near the Great Depression and have said so on several occasions. The point I was trying to make wasn't about the severity of the situation, but that the Fed did more to cause the situation, such that it is, than to prevent it.