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The federal government is most responsible for the current financial crisis. Since the Reagan administration, there has been a systematic dismantling of regulation of big business. The regulatory agencies have filled their rosters with former executives and lobbyists for the very industries they were entrusted to regulate. The foxes guarding the hen houses. But let us not forget the role of good old fashioned GREED in this crisis.

It was appropriate for the Obama Administration to force GM's CEO Rick Wagoner to resign. How long to we continue to reward short term thinking, lack of innovation and R&D, and poor decision making?

The financial crisis will not lead to another economic depression. But our financial system is still extremely flawed and will be exploited once again by greed.

UNKNOWN: Should corporations pay heavier taxes on windfall profits?

UNKNOWN: Should Lehman Brothers have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Should organic farmers receive additional federal subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Is capitalism the most effective economic system?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress increase the federal minimum wage?

UNKNOWN: Should the government provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?

UNKNOWN: Is the U.S. undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression?

UNKNOWN: How does outsourcing affect the U.S. economy?

UNKNOWN: What impact have Bush Administration policies had on the economy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. increase the cap on visas for skilled workers?

UNKNOWN: Should AIG have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Will the U.S. economy go into recession in 2008?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. federal government provide financial support to its auto industry?

UNKNOWN: Should food contain country-of-origin labeling?

UNKNOWN: Should bankruptcy courts have the power to adjust home mortgages?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. end agricultural subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Should governments subsidize property insurance coverage for natural disasters?

UNKNOWN: Should governments infuse capital directly into failing banks as part of their response to the financial crisis?

UNKNOWN: Should victims of major natural disasters be granted special relief in bankruptcy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource?

UNKNOWN: Do the economic benefits of a weak U.S. dollar outweigh the costs?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. enact a balanced budget amendment?

UNKNOWN: Should Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be nationalized?

UNKNOWN: Should the Treasury Department block severance packages for Fannie and Freddie corporate executives?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. government try to recoup AIG bonuses?

UNKNOWN: Should the government offer cash rewards to citizens for developing new technology?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Government assist mortgage defaulters?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Reserve have more authority to supervise financial institutions?

UNKNOWN: Should the economic stimulus plan include a 'Buy American' provision?

UNKNOWN: Will the federal government's financial bailout package help stabilize the U.S. economy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. build more oil refineries?

UNKNOWN: How should performance fees of hedge fund managers be taxed?

UNKNOWN: Which is most responsible for the U.S. auto industry's financial problems?

UNKNOWN: Which is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices?

UNKNOWN: Should unions be permitted to strike?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress issue a second round of the 2008 stimulus checks?