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Shown were officers and firemen in tears as they found out they and/or their colleagues are losing their jobs. Also shown were a group of them praying, which was very moving to see on the news. And lastly, the papers and televised news have been showing images of large groups of outraged students protesting the fee hikes.

I know no one who has gotten a new job but I know many who are downtrodden, heavy-laden, and distressed because they have lost jobs and/or can't find jobs to replace the ones they lost. I, myself, was laid off about 4 months ago because the small company that I work for cannot get any contracts. All employees were laid off with the exception of the President and other executives (3 of them) who started the company. There simply was no work for us and no money to pay us.

I resent the White House saying things like the recession is over when clearly, things are not better, jobs have not been created in the way the President promised they would be, and unemployment rises each month. We are either being duped, or like you said, it's a psychological thing. But I think most people aren't denying that we still have a problem and still have a recession.

But yes, the problem being hidden is a result of gambling.

Is government at any level, invented, designed or fashioned for the purpose of providing justice or preventing injustice? For those who look to government as our nation’s highest authority, the dispensing of justice its highest duty, instead of a nation based on freedom principles, where the people are the highest authority and government’s highest duty is to prevent injustice, yours is a happy lot under the modern Democrat. There is a major difference between justice given and injustice prevented, just like equality and inequality. Justice and equality inspire admiration, but preventing injustice and encouraging inequality made America the great nation it became. It is easy to decide which is best when comparing America’s prosperity to almost 200 other nations in the world where most starve, are whipped, beaten and murdered by their prosperous elite rulers. Claysamerica.com

I remember when Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Barak Obama pressured banks from above, and ACORN pressured banks from below to make ARM loans to people that could not meet the credit requirements. They forced banks to loan money to people that could not pay that money back. Then, like clockwork, those poor people couldn't afford to keep their homes, and they were given the boot.

Then, because of all the loan defaults as a result of Frank, Dodd, Obama, and ACORN, the banks went south too. The economy went down the toilet, and now unemployment is at 10.2% (but near 17% in reality). Lot's of people that were barley making it have now hit rock bottom. And, of course, more foreclosures are on the way as a new round of freshly-made poor people have no work, therefore no way, to pay for their homes.

And let's not forget Goldman. Yes, they are a bad lot. It's especially troubling that they were in bed with Paulson and now with Geitner and Bernanke. It's frustrating that Goldman hasn't been held to the same regulating standards as the other TARP banks. It's also frustrating that the government/Fed allowed Goldman's biggest competitors to go under, leaving Goldman unscathed in the mess.

It ain't just Goldman not doing God's work.

This post was mentioned on Twitter by sheldoncg: My blog: Biden says bailouts are “Socialism for the Rich, and Capitalism for the poor” http://bit.ly/278n20…

Is there any one at the moment pursuing questions of the Biblical morality of an economic system built on lending?

I don't have any agenda here, I just want to know if there is anything out there. It seems that our hope is built very much on monetary credit these days.