[citation][nom]jerreece[/nom]People need to ignore crap like this and simply go about normal life. Want a video card upgrade? Great, buy an upgrade. It will stimulate the economy where others refuse to spend a dime.[/citation]
Exactly. So far since Paulson set off the panic that laid off 5 million workers, I have bought a GTX 285, two new 1TB hard drives and a hot swap toaster for them, two laptops, 2 cell phones, 8 GB of DDR2 1066 memory, a full copper version of the thermaltake 120 CPU cooler, 5 video games, 2 peices of software, and that is just the technology stuff.
By all means, put money away and save. Saved money is what banks use to lend to, hopefully, responsible borrowers who use the money for large purchases as well as businesses expanding. I certainly started saving, and have paid off every penny I owed on credit cards.