Just firing off some quick opinions here, we had a "bailout" that was too big and hastily designed, a "stimulus" that is a hole big enough to dump any benefits the "bailout" might have accomplished. We have two or more major financial "hurdles" ahead, to put it mildly. That is if it gets that far without another front in this war on terror. If we get over the hurdles and are free of further wars, we get to start another wild ride on Wall Street where the rich get greedier, the poor get even more taken advantage of and the middle class muddles on. I believe that we need our desires to lessen. We need to know what is fleeting and what isn't. How do you legislate that? Introspection and prayer are two words that come to mind.