This? Should scare the pants off everyone.
Go read this: USA was 3 hrs away from Economic, Political Collapse in September 2008.*
There was a run on the money markets, but it was kept hush-hush. Since then, problems have only GROWN. Motley Fool (a financial site) also commented on the "smoking gun video" placed in this post.
Now you tell me: Why the fuck doesn't this stimulus package get passed? We have to try something, anything at this point. Gee, after nearly a dozen years (when you include the buildup of the wingnuttery in the last term of Clinton) of the Republicans fucking up everything in sight, I am so not inclined to believe a damn word they say now.
*Reminder, Sept 08 = Bush Regime