Some Factoids...

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2007 US GDP = $13.8tn, US Nat. Debt = $10.19tn, Market value decline of DJ Wilshire = $7.5tn, China 2007 GDP = $3.25tn, Forbes 400 richest people = $1.57tn, Wall Street Rescue Program = $700bn. Puts some perspective on things doesn't it?

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And your point? That they are saving some uberwealth riches with a mere 0.7trill, or that they are a bunch of anxious cheapskates who should put some more skin on the deck?