# Growth down to 1.6%, economy chat ITT.

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**Created:** [September 1, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/growth-down-to-1-6-economy-chat-itt/254264 "2010-09-01T06:43:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/growth-down-to-1-6-economy-chat-itt/254264/19 "2010-09-01T12:28:35Z")

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> [@$12,000 street racing in STL, these guys dont mess around..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/12-000-street-racing-in-stl-these-guys-dont-mess-around/34744/13):
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> don’t be DUMB. The simple fix for this is not to have bailed anyone out. This never should have happened. The companies that made those mistakes would not be around any longer and thus the problem wouldn’t exist. If you make rules to cater to douchebags, you’re only going to get more douchebags.

Precisely, bailouts should not have happened at all. And other than what you see on MSNBC, who here actually knows a Fortune 500 CEO personally? Because I promise you they work their asses off but they are human. The media will focus on the one vacation they take a year instead of the 80+ hours a week that they work.

Let the companies decide what to pay its employees and keep the government out.

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