So what does it all mean?

With the government bailing out the financial companies of our country, what does this all mean to us? Actually, I wish I had the answer. To me this is probably a mistake as we have become a reactionary counry versus a country of sound principles. I'm a big believer in less government. I believe that captialism will provide most of the answers as it usually does. I know that if my company is having financial trouble nobody is going to come and save me. I'm going to drown with all my other small business comrades!

These companies are failing because they got greedy and corrupt. Should they be saved? The problem is that they control so much of our citizens retirement accounts and that's where the issue lies. That is why the government is bailing out these companies. However, if this has to be, then the people who run these companies should be held accountable for all the bad investments they made with our money. It was these people, out of greed, that made the decisions to make these dumb investments. Are they going to be able to continue to run these companies with no consequence?

As I said, I'm not a big believer in bailing out these companies but we are in a tough place. If we don't do it, millions of people are going to be financially ruined. If we do it we are saying it's ok to take risks that are going to hurt these same millions of people.

It's the same with all these investors who decided to walk away from their obligations because of their greed...but that's another story for another day!