What's different this year? Some abuses became too big to sweep under the carpet. Now every time anyone scratches the surface, they turn up criminal behavior -- who'da thunk it? Expect a few unlucky souls to shoulder the blame -- while the rest of the suits go back to Business Abuse as Usual. The country, it's citizens and our sense of fairness will all pay a much greater price.

Do we as a nation need to go further into debt to fund a new super-agency, or is it good money after bad? And do we need to give such an agency and the other law enforcement unprecedented powers at the expense of the hard-won rights of citizens? Or would it be better just to make them accountable?

Great tax-breaks, freedom from liability, and all of the politicians money can buy. Who would ever choose to be a mere United States citizen? But, you know it's still better to be a Board Member of an American corporation. The Board members of American corporations have unprecedented power -- much of it gained at the expense of the corporations owners -- otherwise known as stockholders. Is it accurate to refer to such a system as "Capitalism?"