Bye Bye Banks and Wall Street

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

And I understand (and pretty much agree with) the idea that those who gamble should be punished. But it is also a fact that if that punishment is great enough great harm will be done to people who didn't gamble or had no way of knowing that they were gambling.

Agreed. Some action is definitely warranted, but the aim should be to prevent the above, stem the collateral damage to responsible bystanders. They'll be some bleed over, and I'm cool if it's tilted in favor of a few undeserving gamblers.

It's just a little more comforting that they seem to be resisting the political b.s. pressure to get it done NOW NOW NOW at the expense of getting it done intelligently. "Throw billions at it and we don't have to worry about the details."