Comments on: Jennifer Westhoven answers your questions http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jack Betts http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-20285 Jack Betts Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:38:03 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-20285 Jennifer Westoven - Thank you for being one of the "few" people there who know the difference between fewer and less. It was encouraging for a former teacher of English to hear you correctly use the term fewer. Right under your image at that time, however, one of your writers placed a statement that talked about Edwards' mistress, only that person used no apostrophe after the name Edwards. Now, Jennifer, if you can teach a few of the reporters the difference between the pronunciation of the noun combat and the verb combat, I will totally be in your debt. Jennifer Westoven – Thank you for being one of the "few" people there who know the difference between fewer and less. It was encouraging for a former teacher of English to hear you correctly use the term fewer. Right under your image at that time, however, one of your writers placed a statement that talked about Edwards' mistress, only that person used no apostrophe after the name Edwards.
Now, Jennifer, if you can teach a few of the reporters the difference between the pronunciation of the noun combat and the verb combat, I will totally be in your debt.

]]> By: robert noggle http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-11989 robert noggle Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:09:04 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-11989 hi- i'd like to know why the banking industry isn't held to the same standards as the auto industry? hi- i'd like to know why the banking industry isn't held to the same standards as the auto industry?

]]> By: Hurshel http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-11525 Hurshel Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:31:28 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-11525 To your comment about not giving the bail out money to the people. You said that we had access to thousands of dollars and we spent like crazy. Well that is what kept the economy strong. After we spent the money it went into the hands of the people who invested badly or worse yet inflated salaries for them selves . Now they want us to give them more money for no service or product. If I am giving them more money I want something in return. If the people got the money we would buy cars, no auto bail out needed. We could pay our mortgage, no mortgage crisis. We could pay all our other bills keeping our work force employed. No lay offs or cutbacks. If we bail out auto companies the people will still not be able to buy a car what happens then. We bail out the housing market the people still can not make the house payment so they still loose the house. Don’t stick us with the trickle down theory let it trickle up. To your comment about not giving the bail out money to the people.
You said that we had access to thousands of dollars and we spent like crazy. Well that is what kept the economy strong. After we spent the money it went into the hands of the people who invested badly or worse yet inflated salaries for them selves . Now they want us to give them more money for no service or product. If I am giving them more money I want something in return. If the people got the money we would buy cars, no auto bail out needed. We could pay our mortgage, no mortgage crisis. We could pay all our other bills keeping our work force employed. No lay offs or cutbacks.
If we bail out auto companies the people will still not be able to buy a car what happens then. We bail out the housing market the people still can not make the house payment so they still loose the house. Don’t stick us with the trickle down theory let it trickle up.

]]> By: Karen Wesley http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-11344 Karen Wesley Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:55:52 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-11344 AIG using our money for their luxury constitutes fraud. They should be criminally charged for these abuses. Is there no one in the banking business who isn't corrupted by greed? Any Bail Out should require strict guidelines for use of any public funding and violations should be criminally charged. This is a time for building trust, not behavior that is unAmerican. AIG using our money for their luxury constitutes fraud. They should be criminally charged for these abuses. Is there no one in the banking business who isn't corrupted by greed? Any Bail Out should require strict guidelines for use of any public funding and violations should be criminally charged. This is a time for building trust, not behavior that is unAmerican.

]]> By: Richard Kennedy http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-7949 Richard Kennedy Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:30:17 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-7949 As Nancy Pelosi suggest a second financial suport plan of +/- $1 trillion USD is not out of the question, we need to stand behind our American investors, banks and finacial institutions if we (Americans) are to continue being the number one economic global leader, timing is everything during this financial crises. Richard Kennedy Kalispell, MT As Nancy Pelosi suggest a second financial suport plan of +/- $1 trillion USD is not out of the question, we need to stand behind our American investors, banks and finacial institutions if we (Americans) are to continue being the number one economic global leader, timing is everything during this financial crises.

Richard Kennedy
Kalispell, MT

]]> By: Cord L. http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-7792 Cord L. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:02:26 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-7792 I never hear any one talk about other American's that make less then $24.000 A Year.We pay Taxes on this Mess as every one else.And have even less income.They all talk about the Middle class.As if We along with New orleans & South Eastern Texas Does'not Matter.Until Tax time.The point of it is.We've been use to living with less.Now We just live with out More ,of what We never will have for our self,Or Family. I never hear any one talk about other American's that make less then $24.000 A Year.We pay Taxes on this Mess as every one else.And have even less income.They all talk about the Middle class.As if We along with New orleans & South Eastern Texas Does'not Matter.Until Tax time.The point of it is.We've been use to living with less.Now We just live with out More ,of what We never will have for our self,Or Family.

]]> By: john i north carolina http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-7723 john i north carolina Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:25:24 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-7723 Fixing the mess. The market and the entire economy will continue to dive like a F16 jet flying into the ocean, is because the United States just continues to print money. Making the value of the dollar worthless. What will happen if every country in the world decided to do the same thing? (But the US warned) The only way to stop any more panic and deterioration would be to allow every home owner in the USA to consolidate all of their loans with their home and give them a 3% interest rate toward principal and interest, charge them another 2% on the loans with 1% going toward a savings or retirement account and the other 1% going toward a line of credit. This will stop the decline in home prices and make the dollor jump in real value. The second thing to do, it get rid of foreign oil. Come on we can clone people and we can make a synthetic gas? And do we really need oil and gas to run our buildings, just imagine how low gas will drop and we can reduce consumption by 30 – 50%. I am tired of hearing we can’t. The third thing would be to reduce taxes for small businesses, eliminate state taxes and allow them to file one form at the end of the year. Allow them tax credits when they hire people. Tax the big corporations, especially the oil companies. Then eliminate the gasoline tax. Stop deporting the immigrants and make them legal, you can collect taxes and maybe sell them a home.. But I have one questions, I am not a rocket scientist, but what did you think would happen when you decided to try to fix the problem from the top down? And when you decided to print up 7 billion dollars? Like I said what’s to prevent other counties from doing the same. Fixing the mess.
The market and the entire economy will continue to dive like a F16 jet flying into the ocean, is because the United States just continues to print money. Making the value of the dollar worthless. What will happen if every country in the world decided to do the same thing? (But the US warned)
The only way to stop any more panic and deterioration would be to allow every home owner in the USA to consolidate all of their loans with their home and give them a 3% interest rate toward principal and interest, charge them another 2% on the loans with 1% going toward a savings or retirement account and the other 1% going toward a line of credit. This will stop the decline in home prices and make the dollor jump in real value.

The second thing to do, it get rid of foreign oil. Come on we can clone people and we can make a synthetic gas? And do we really need oil and gas to run our buildings, just imagine how low gas will drop and we can reduce consumption by 30 – 50%.
I am tired of hearing we can’t.

The third thing would be to reduce taxes for small businesses, eliminate state taxes and allow them to file one form at the end of the year. Allow them tax credits when they hire people.

Tax the big corporations, especially the oil companies. Then eliminate the gasoline tax.

Stop deporting the immigrants and make them legal, you can collect taxes and maybe sell them a home..

But I have one questions, I am not a rocket scientist, but what did you think would happen when you decided to try to fix the problem from the top down? And when you decided to print up 7 billion dollars? Like I said what’s to prevent other counties from doing the same.

]]> By: Susan Klein http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-7515 Susan Klein Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:26:11 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-7515 Is it true that even though your 401K is not worth what it was as the stock market plunges, you are actually buying more shares at lower prices? Making panic decisions....you lose. If you hang in there, you may end up with more in your 401K after the market bottoms out and starts to recover????? Is it true that even though your 401K is not worth what it was as the stock market plunges, you are actually buying more shares at lower prices? Making panic decisions....you lose. If you hang in there, you may end up with more in your 401K after the market bottoms out and starts to recover?????

]]> By: Peggy Metro http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-7332 Peggy Metro Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:39:20 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-7332 IWith the economy in crisis and the distrust of Wall Street today. Why are the people laughing and clapping at the opening bell. We are not joyful as our stocks keep plunging. IWith the economy in crisis and the distrust of Wall Street today. Why are the people laughing and clapping at the opening bell. We are not joyful as our stocks keep plunging.

]]> By: Angie Clevenger http://mxp.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/jennifer-westhoven-answers-your-questions/#comment-7303 Angie Clevenger Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:19:00 +0000 http://cnnmxp.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-7303 Shelly Taylor (Oct 2,2008) I'm with u, where do u want to start the protest on Nov 4 Ill gather Indiana frustrated!! Shelly Taylor (Oct 2,2008) I'm with u, where do u want to start the protest on Nov 4 Ill gather Indiana frustrated!!

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