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Old 03-25-2009, 05:46 PM   #85
Daradon
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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy View Post
I think there are legitimate (and obviously polarizing) sides to both arguments.

My problems with more conditions is that they (a) go against the free market form of commerce the US embraces, (b) may not be constitutional (your contracts argument runs up against the government requirement to pass strict scrutiny when interfering with private contracts), and (c) would have to be so comprehensive that they would have to control how businesses operate for an extended period (to prevent this type of over-arching crash from occurring again).
True on all counts, but extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. The effort and change needed would probably be worth it, even if only temporary. Might be better than the alternative.

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My problem is the money was so massive and so many industries are reaching out that accountability and controlling it would have been impossible.
Also true, could be a logistic impossibility or just too expensive and time consuming to try.

Yeah, I can fairly say, I really don't know what the best alternative is. Kinda one of those times you wish life came with a pause button, a restart button, or a save folder, lol.

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