I am thinking auto first then student. But you are right they are heading down the bubble path. Though the next one to burst will be the final nail in any independant financial system. Get read for Bank of America to be run from the Treasury department folks.

Step 1 try for single payer system Step 2 get a compramise bill passed that you know ill destroy what is left of free markets sytem watch costs continue to rise and less people covered. Step 3 demonize evil employers and insurance companies Step 4 reintroduce single payer socialized medicine as only solution (if fail return to step 1 if succesful go to step 5) Step 5 blame long waits and poor quality to not enough money in system blame rich for not enough tax money.

Yet Obama got more of the highschool and non-highschool educated vote. Funny huh?

Hey skippy that was Obama's team that came up with that. You do realize that even over the long term the stock market always rises. I can remember a dow below 1000 in the early 80's. Even now the Dow is higher then it was in 2000 and that included two massive drops. Once one gets close to the retirement time they shift their earnings into a safer investment such(for now at least) government bonds. The policy will not be for any currently serving personnel and will only apply to anyone coming in. If the market for troops doesn't bear fruit they will be forced to change policies.

This is being done specifically because of government interference in the market just like the subprime mortgage meltdown. GSE don't stand for Free Market supported entity. You realize that one of the thing driving the subprime auto mess is government putting pressure through GMAC GM 's financing arm. They wanted to raise GM sales by issuing subprime auto loans. Plus in a free market you get no such thing. Because in a free market no person in their right business mind would issue loans that they know want be paid back