I'm beginning to see a possible crash as a new American Revolution. The U.S. political system is broken, along with the education system, the legal system, the healthcare system, and now the banking system. Led by Henry Paulson (I wish it were Pat Paulsen), the world's bankers are asking for $700B (for now) to put a patch on a broken system.
Perhaps we should let the system collapse, let the bankers go bankrupt, and start over. I'm ready to read Atlas Shrugged again.