Reader comments: Lawmakers push quick bank-stock purchase

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Adam Smith wouldn't believe it | 12:20 a.m. Oct. 13, 2008
The road to socialism is paved with good intentions. Get the government out of this and let the market naturally adjust. They are just prolonging the pain and recovery. If Obama gets in with a democratic congress kiss any recovery goodbye.
Adam McMillen doesn't believe it | 6:27 a.m. Oct. 13, 2008
They told us that the 700 billion would solve the "crisis". What makes us believe these new promises are going to work?
The Economist | 11:14 a.m. Oct. 13, 2008
Were the comments from the previous two blogs written by Archie Bunker, "brother we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again." Thank goodness Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke are running the economy and not you.
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Earl | 9:59 p.m. Oct. 13, 2008
The Economist? Seriously? Herbert Hoover has more in common with Paulson and Bernanke than you apparently realize. You may be an economist (in the Keynesian sense), but you're definitely not a historian!

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