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POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Pointing fingers and placing blame is almost always counter-active, but in times of rage and depression, it sure makes us feel better - at least temporarily. While we're waiting on our new President and his cronies to fix our financial woes, TIME has given us a welcome distraction - their list of 25 people they feel are most responsible for our current economic blah-fest.


The number one spot goes to Phil Gramm, the former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. The rest of the list includes former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as the former CEO of Merrill Lynch. Bad news, my friends - according to this list, we, the American Consumers, are also to blame. Shame on us!

View the full list here, and then vote on who you think is most to blame.

What do you think of this list? Who is to blame? Or is no one to blame?

via GOOD


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JustJenny...

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

I'll blame Fred The Shread >= |

Sydney.

Sydney. says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

hmm. interesting.

Chrissy

Chrissy says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

I'll blame America's ignorance :p

breezzy

breezzy says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

i would like to blame wendy's for not letting me use their restrooms....

Westbury

Westbury says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Mmmmmmm

Rita

Rita says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

I'll blame Bush.

LunacyFringe

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Akon said blame it all on him
So that's what I'll do

JCCAKES

JCCAKES says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

why am i to blame cuz i support small, local business?

isha

isha says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

i agree with chrissy.

...america's ignorance seems right.

REJENNA

REJENNA says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

they were getting richer while us as consumers were getting poorer!! they are all money hungry!! we need to save our money and prep for the future!!

Nina

Nina says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

hmm thats interestingg.
hahah no other comment. lol
nice to know tho/

Chilito

Chilito says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Interesting
;)

Boo Bush
u.u

allek7167

allek7167 says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

no one deserves blame.. america is about being united

Skizzers

Skizzers says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

I obviously need to brush up on my politics, because the last time I checked our economy was beautiful when Clinton was the president. Failing to see how he's responsible for it sucking all of the sudden, I guess I have some research to do.

Ashlie Ellyn

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

I think we are definitely to blame. America is so set on having the biggest and the best that we buy things with credit that we know we can't afford and we get further and further into debt. It's also the banks for letting us get the loans, knowing that as good as our intentions are, we aren't ever going to pay them back. Although it's funny because even though we are so far into debt as a nation, we have to spend even more money to stimulate the economny. It's a horrible catch 22 isn't it?

Sean

Sean says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

How can you blame ONE man for an entire country's economic struggle? It shouldn't be JUST George W. Bush. Make it fair and label it as the George W. Bush ADMINISTRATION.

Jay2kool

Jay2kool says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Bushh ! >.< thank god his time is over

c8chlowaaay

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

oh schnaaap.

DJ Colbyson of GENERY

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Clinton was the only president with a surplus, I don't think he was a major blame.

PoliticGirl!

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Boo Clinton.
& loans.
Use cash $.
Not credit.

be mills

be mills says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

I blame Canada.

Tyler&Scan

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Bill Clinton!?!?!
i think he actually did some good...

Sandra

Sandra says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

we're all to blame, but we don't mind blaming bush mostly ;)

*cherry*blossom*girl*

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Bill Clinton did nothing wrong!!!

The Green Jelly Bean

POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

What are we gonna do when we have someone to blame? Shame them? No point in playing the blame game. Just focus on fixing the damn problem and we can chase after the big guys later.

Paige

Paige says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Anyone who pushed for subprime mortgages.

pandacake

pandacake says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

i blame people for just wanting wanting and wanting more... when they can't actually afford it... and thinking that a handful of credit cards and mortgages are a good idea. anyone with half a brain could figure it out that a few people are getting allll our money while we let them.

Tom

Tom says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

THIS ECONOMY WAS NOT GEORGE BUSH'S FAULT!!! For God's sake I am sick of this.

George Bush and a Republican Congress had the stock market at its highest point in history. As soon as the Democrats took over, things went to shit.

P!xi

P!xi says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

P!xi

P!xi says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

(Video didn't work.. Here's the link.)

I agree, Tom.
Plenty of Republicans - including George W. Bush and Senator John McCain - tried to keep the housing mortgage plan from being put into effect. But the Democrats pushed for it for their own selfish gain.
Hope they're happy in their huge mansions while innocent middle-class consumers are being forced onto the streets with children.

P!xi

P!xi says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

Dominique

Dominique says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

look when ever the US gets money we spend it on expensive unimportant projects
also get off bush's back, the economy was going down when he came in

Dominique

Dominique says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

everyone is glad bush is gone, why? he tried to protect us from another attack, if we did nothing we would seem vulnerable and open.

i am glad racism is gone and we have a black president but i wish it was a DIFFERENT black man and NOT OBAMA. he does nothing but throw parties and interviews. i really do fear what will happen to this country with him in charge.
im not sayin he will start a genocide but he wants an army-like police force under his control. Hitler did something similar when he came into power, this is something that the russian communist dude did(forgot his name, stalin isnt it) im not sayin that i am convinced that Obama will become a dictator, but history has a way to repeat itself....

CHELSY!

CHELSY! says:
POSTED 3 YEARS AGO

BUSH ADMINISTRATION.

Everything is there fault.
Everything is a government consporacy.
watch out because the government will be the death of us.


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