Thanks, Jeffro, for speaking my mind. Larry Stickney and his ilk are disgusting, and it amazes me that they cannot (willfully will not) see the absurdity of statements like "We're not taking anything away from anyone" while doing precisely that. It is a mental disorder that can be found in the DSM-IV.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich