Dear Gwen Ifill...
Dear Gwen Ifill,
Millions of retired Americans and Americans on the verge of retirement are more worried than ever about their retirement savings. Just look at the overwhelming response we received to our post earlier in the week asking for personal stories about how congress' inaction affects their lives. You are moderating tonight's Vice Presidential debate, and millions of AARP members will be tuning in.
AARP members--indeed all Americans--have high hopes that at tonight's debate, Governor Palin and Senator Biden address these fears directly. So please, Ms. Ifill, do not let either Vice Presidential candidate off the hook tonight. Press them to answer what specifically a McCain or Obama administration would to address the anxieties of retired and retiring Americans. Millions will be watching.
Sincerely,
ShaarpSession
Comments
george browne says:
if congress really wants to help the american people then they wouldn't support such an outlandish bill. if the really want to help then help the people not the ones that caused this fiasco
10/02/08 2:01 PM
Quentin Childs says:
Hey!
We need a New New Deal!! Throwing our good money after their bad debt is not going to save the economy. We need healthcare. We need jobs that pay a decent wage and actuallly produce something- green energy, sustainable enterprise. Nationalizing the banks would give us the good debt along with the bad, and there would be stability.
What about the home buyers who lost, and the ones about to lose their homes? Let's offer them $upport. Some of us older folk think we can't afford it, with our social security, and shrunken portfolio. Who knows? This baillout is not a guarantee for us, only for the crooks on Wall Street. This is an opportunity to think big, do something different. What expense derailed the homeowners' ability to pay their mortgages? Health-related expenses, medical bills. So...come on, as the Apple ad used to say Think differently..
10/02/08 2:31 PM
Bonnie says:
How in the world can the American people allow the bailout bill to pass. Sure, things are bad...but is adding another $100 million to the original bill going to fix anything? It is absolutely outrageous that we are even being asked to foot this bill, but now, with the add ons, its even worse! It will probably pass, unfortunately, because things are so bad that everyone is running scared...and what if the bailout doesn't work,, what then, do we pony up more of our taxpayer money again. What about all of the people who are losing their jobs and the ones who have lost their homes and the ones who are uninsured? The dems were trying to at least add a provision that allowed the bankruptcy judges to cramdown a person's mortgage to the actual amount the house is worth but that has been knocked down and its not in the new version. This is really terrible.
Meanwhile, Gwen Ifill should really try to nail the two vice presidential candidates down to what is going to be done about all of this mess.
10/02/08 2:52 PM
James Smith says:
Well i think the president should call all of the CEO's of the financial institutes that caused this mess and freeze there asets take that money and put it towards the financial blunder.( and I mean it).
10/02/08 3:45 PM
Bev says:
The American people don't ALLOW the government to pass any bill. Those folks we elected to Congress decide how to vote, regardless of how the majority of us feel. Instead of continuing to fund the war, and instead of being so ready to send financial aid to other countries, we could use those billions of dollars to bail out Wall Street. But I guess warmongers out in the cold. That's why it won't happen.
10/02/08 8:28 PM