You're right there Big Jim, the working man has always had to come to the party and bail out the "wealthy".

What gets to me about bail outs, is that all the Western ships are tendered to each other, and slowly sinking together. Then one will bail out, and throw the water in another to which he's tied.

Just look at those PIGS ( Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain ) Almost collapsed the whole EU monetary system.

Then there's the US printing money.... and the Chinese who woefully undervalue their currency, and the Japanese who hijacked technology, then the Norwegians who became bankers from fishermen overnight and won't repay their sterling debt, and....

So it goes on.

Is there a small South Pacific island nation somewhere where the local currency is banana skins and they don't tax beer and ciggys ?

I'm there !

cheers, niteshift