Topic: What's with the Wallstreet crisis?

[Mooning Freddy]

Is it effecting you in any way? I was reading about it in the few newspapers I could get my hands on in the army. Sounded serious, all the headlines were like: "The lowest Dollar rate in decades", "It's official: the budget crisis is here", "Billions in investments gone with the wind", "the stock exchange is falling apart"...
Any explanations for a guy who knows nothing of the American economy?

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #1

Yeap!! Now i can buy cheaper the things that i want!

[Mooning Freddy]

In Reply To #2

That is, of course, an advantage, but that's a painful blow to a country as dependent on the American currency as Israel.
And, of course, people who invested most of their money in the US Dollar.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #1

It's HELL on my 401k.  If this continues I'm gonna end up with no money when I retire...

I don't even want to look at my 401k statement right now.

[Gunlord]

It might send us into a recession, which would make it much harder to get a job...if it doesn't send us into another Great Depression first ;_;

[Slayer]

Great!  Now I know that my college education can be put to good use when I can't get a job...

[Mr Sven]

ahhh the benefits of

[Azmodan]

ahhh the benefits of

[Highwind Dragoon]

There goes the price of milk, gas and grain. 

Say goodbye to dairy, bread, pasta, pizza, being able to drive to school/job, and having fun anymore. 

[Profbeanburrito]

Well, we've been in and out of recessions often in the past few decades. It seems this one we'll probably be entering is teetering on falling into a full depression. It's not a good thing...

[Highwind Dragoon]

Say goodbye to society as we know it.