I told ya it wouldn't work. They're on the wrong end of the solution, coupled with an inability to grasp the true nature of the problem, which is understandable. They are attempting to purchase investment instruments that have an amorphous quality (or lack thereof) created by mathmeticians and physicists. The folks that purchased them never had a real clue as to what they were, how could you expect that a politician would? Wall street has attempted to play a brinkmanship game with D.C., further exacerbating an already dangerous situation. The only hope we had was to grant enough autonomy to someone real smart- and trusted- not by both sides of the aisle, but more importantly by both NY and D.C. to ease us through the rapids of this crisis. Congress politicized it to a degree that pissed off the truly arrogant honchos in NY. The world will pay the price in real terms... already riots in Peru, probably millions will starve as an indirect result of this global financial meltdown. Welcome to the world I know, albeit from a military standpoint, but in reality one which amongst the cognoscenti within same always tried for staying out of a fight.