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Recession Redux

"The price of greed" is great reporting [Sept. 29]. Andy Serwer and Allan Sloan compressed a staggering amount of information into five pages and still made this trajectory of avarice remarkably clear. Now that I think I understand it, I wish I didn't feel so angry. Edward Claymore, LAGUNA WOODS, CALIF.

Where has the government been? Remember Ronald Reagan's mantra: Regulation is bad. The Reagan, Bush I and Bush II administrations believed in three main things: deregulation, tax cuts that provide little relief for most Americans and government subsidies for huge corporations. John McCain now has a "comprehensive" plan...

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