We have to fear that 80 years of building a middle class and safety nets for the less than well off are in the process of being demolished.

FORBES: We Have More To Fear Than Fear Itself

Nearly 180 years later, I fear we as Americans have taken too much stock in our own enlightenment and less in our willingness to make hard choices for the benefit on the country.

FORBES: Six Innovative Ways to Cut Government Deficits

It is not the market's "irrational exuberance" (it is still up some two thirds since Alan Greenspan uttered those words nearly three years ago) that we need fear, but the Federal Reserve's irrational exuberance in mistakenly strangling the economy in the name of fighting a long-dead inflation.

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