From a friend, explaining something more clearly than I've heard the news stations explain -
"I figure this "economic crisis", which was manufactured by our Congress through the passing of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999 (yes this whole economic catastrophe is manufactured by our own government) most likely will not be over for a couple of years if not a decade or more. You see Rob, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act repealed the Glass-Steagall Act which was passed right after the Great Depression to prevent another Great Depression. What it did was make the merging of Investment Banks and Commercial Banks illegal and also made all these lending practices illegal. Well, they repealed the Glass-Steagall act and made all this possible once again just like it was before the Great Depression. It was deliberate. Also, Obama's first 100 days in office were patterned after FDR who passed all sorts of Socialist legislation back then. All the ABC agencies were created back when FDR came to power in his first 100 days. ABC Agencies are all the agencies that have acronyms. So why would they do this? Well, all you have to do is look at all the government takeover of private business to see what their motivation is, it's a huge power grab. Now they want to take over health insurance too. Next they want to tax energy massively with "Cap and Trade" which is Al Gore's "BTU Tax". This catastrophe is predominantly being caused by the Democratic party and RINO's, Republicans In Name Only (which seems to me what most Republicans are anymore anyways). If they get all this done, you and I will be utterly immobilized because they will be taking all your extra income over what your basic necessities are to survive. We will be as Socialist as many European nations are. It's not a conspiracy, it's simply what is happening. "
It might have been pure stupidity or insolent rebellion against common sense, but our government's desire for control is why we're in this mess. I'd say giving more BLIND control isn't going to assist us.