Dave's reference to "The Debt Trap. This HAS to be addressed," and Jennifer's comment that "It's a mess with emotional complications and larger tremors for the rest of the community prompt me to an Op-Ed MARGARET ATWOOD, October 21, 2008. ========================================== A Matter of Life and Debt Debt — who owes what to whom, or to what, and how that debt gets paid — is a subject much larger than money.... As for what will happen to us next, I have no safe answers. If fair regulations are established and credibility is restored, people will stop walking around in a daze, roll up their sleeves and start picking up the pieces. Things unconnected with money will be valued more.... On the other hand, if fair regulations are not established and rebuilding seems impossible, we could have social unrest on a scale we haven’t seen for years. Excerpted from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/opinion/22atwood.html?em _Op-Ed Contributor - A Matter of Life and Debt - NYTimes.com_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/opinion/22atwood.html?em) **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)
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