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...just talking about financial institutions or companies in general, such as GM? It applies to any kind of firm that isn't solvent. It doesn't matter if it's a car producer, an industrial firm or a financial firm. It should be encouraged or even compelled to file for bankruptcy. When you keep on bailing out institutions indiscriminately, there is no incentive for them to be prudent in what they're doing, because they know that whatever they do, whatever problems they create by their own behavior, the government will come along and bail them...
...think the auto industry should not have been bailed out? If GM was on the verge of bankruptcy, it should have been shut down. There's all this capacity in the production of cars, but there isn't a market that can absorb all that these firms are prepared to produce. If jobs are lost, then jobs are lost because these are firms that cannot exist, because there is insufficient market demand for their product. And if there is no such market demand, they should not be allowed to exist. Let the market decide if these firms deserve to exist...
...cost that he will be imposing on the economy if his program is actually enacted. He's spending money with the stimulus program - all kinds of programs - and he's always able to give excuses on why the money should be spent. Yet despite all of his rhetoric, Obama isn't really taking care of the budget ... I don't think the government's job is to provide health care - the private sector is the proper provider. He has no concept of what he is demanding of the private sector [or] of how much it will cost...
Maybe it's the culture. Southerners definitely enjoy their fried chicken (not to mention fried steak, fried onions, fried green tomatoes, fried pickles and fried corn bread). Even when their food isn't fried, they like to smother it in gravy. But while nutritionists frequently blame Southerners' large guts on their regional food choices, the accusation is a little unfair. Just as Californians don't actually live on wheat grass and tofu, Southerners don't really sit around eating fried chicken every day. "I've not come across anything that says the diet in the Southeast is worse than...
...Bassett isn't just talking about neglected gym memberships and people who sit on the couch all day. Physical activity can be something as simple as walking to the bus stop. That's another problem, by the way: the South doesn't have many bus stops. Public transportation is paltry, and for most people, the best way to get around is by car. "You don't really think of riding the train as exercise, but at least you have to walk a few blocks to get to the stop," says Bassett. States like Mississippi and Tennessee also have a surprising...