A new lawsuit by residents of a Habitat For Humanity townhouse cluster in upstate Florida claims that the HFH uses unprofessional labour and substandard materials resulting in leaky homes that rot easily. Why even speak to the irony of this one…..

Macy’s etc want a retailers ‘bail-out” fund.
GM & Cerberus, oops I meant to say - Chrysler, got theirs.

Wall Street– patched too (ahead of the pack). And in time for Xmas “performance/retention” bonuses.

WOW - now a Bail-Out for those stung by Madoff ??
Bernie you remember him? OK OK I knew him better, maybe you remember him as Bernard?

I have the “FIX”.
We go back to May 2005 BE. That’s ‘Before Enron’ (not the ugly part – instead, the part just before CIBC announced their ‘donation’)
We give ALL Players their money back, ALL of it. We make them sign a waiver that they’ve seen the future, kind’a like Scrooge in a Christmas Carol.
Then we play the game again.
My fear is that it goes the same way. But if we get lucky and it only goes a tad bad, – we show the ‘losers- now brandable as “idiots” their signed waivers. So instead of Politicians issuing reimbursements – the second round losers can instead hire lawyers and do what they used to do – tie it up in litigation until someone buys out someone else, goes broke, or makes so much money on some other venture they forget why they started the action in the first place.
Good times often bring -- Forgiveness.
Bad times –- Battles.
This time -- Bail-Outs.