Artful Dodger: The part about your country's financial system melting down, that companies (such as car) were going to cave in, leaving many many people to go on social??

"But he hasn't detailed how that will happen. It's just a theory now."

Yes he did.

"And likely it will cost the US taxpayer tons. The government never has run a public service well."

Probably because there is so much interference from the private sector... I hear there is 5 lobbyists on ya gov's back regarding finance. And the health care public system (by the speech of Obama) is to be paid for by the premiums.. or did you miss that sentence in listening to his speech last week??

"Yeah. One has to wonder why now? Congress has allowed the fraud to go on and on and now they are going to fix it?"

Best it does get fixed now rather than left to go on. Bush wasn't brave enough to fix it, others have tried and had so much pressure put on them by elected politicians living in the back pockets of private sector business...

... I guess it's like our expense business over here. The opposition (conservatives) moaning about how bad it is, but it was their government who change the rules so the gravy train was so easy to ride.

We could play the blame game as infinitum, but isn't it best to just fix the problem rather than play partisan politics which solves nothing??