As an Australian living oversea, I feel for the people of Victoria and all of the other people who have lost family in the fires. I don't think there isn't an Australian who doesn't feel sorry and sad.

Except for those people who lit some of these fires.

I think that the people who lit the fires should face life in prison. Or better yet, the death penalty, but we don't have it in Australia and I think it would let them off to easily. They should be reminded of their crimes and the pain they brought to people for the rest of their lives.

What do you think?

Should we care what happens to the U.S. economy?

For myself, I think that we should care. For if the U.S. get worse and it looks like it will. Especially if Congress doesn't bail out the big three auto makers. With massive employment in the States, the people of Asia who export most of their goods to the States won't have a market. The governments of China, Japan, Korea and other nations hold massive amounts of U.S. Government, won't be able to get that money back, or won't buy any more of it. Then where would we be? There could be a world wide depression or worse! So what should be done to fix the problems?

Myself, I think that the big 3 automakers should get the money, but their management teams should be replaced with people who know what the market want.  Because they want $34 billion and the government gave the financial industry $700 billion and they still haven't started to unfreeze the credit markets, which is hurting small business across the world. Because the U.S. is still the worlds biggest investment market and capital market.

Tell me, what do you think should happen?