Reply #18: Exactly. Gramm, Gramm, Gramm.

[Waiting For Everyman]

And his idiot wife Wendy.

Congress knows all about this, they know what to do. FDR's safeguards need to be put back ASAP.

This was all deliberate and understandable - not some dumbassed "shit happens" market forces. The price of oil this summer proved that. It started falling immediately with even minor changes by the regulators.

Will the perps admit it? No, they lie about it, and try to keep doing it. They have to be stopped, they won't stop themselves. The Repubs have created a runaway train, none of them have enough sense to stop before it totally destroys the economy.

Let the banks fail, if that's what it takes. Our homeowners aren't the RISK, the banks and investors are. And yes, the pension funds egged it on. GREED.