Decius wrote:
They knew. They had to have known because WE KNEW. Why didn't they act?

The same question has been asked about:
The telecommunications industry consolidating
9/11
Where in Afghanistan Osama Bin Laden was
The Iraq War and the WMD's/UN Security Council motivation
The power outages in California and the south west
Katrina
Global Warming and climate change
The rapidly rising price of oil and lack of refinery capacity
And now the liquidity crisis

The sad answer to all of these questions is:
"someone is going to get rich."

Coming up:
Social Security system going bankrupt
Centers for Medicare Services going bankrupt
The core infrastructure of this nation being woefully under maintained and needing a multi-billion dollar overhaul
Health care costs being untenable for our entire economy
Our public education system needing a multi-billion dollar overhaul
Consumer credit needing a multi-billion dollar bailout
The food industry destroying health in exchange for profits
The rapidly rising price and scarcity of water

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