Yeah thats when I get sucker punched with the "economics 101" pin heads and the % of GDP lecture. Any one who uses GDP as a benchmark when its clearly pumped up by rabid spending, regardless of debt, needs their head checked. Its all about greed, passing the buck and creating opportunities that were too good to be true. A lot of people walked off with some big windfalls while others who were more than eager to be suckered in are getting hit square between the eyes with the reality of the situation.
Some did; the rest of us pay.
Free Traitors are not capitalists -- they are socialists. Their motto is "privatize the profit; socialize the risk."