Some people are really ticked off...
Yes, about the banks, about bailouts and about the attempt by Congress to "protect" the consumer which resulted in the usurious rates charged by the banks on credit cards. BTW, if we kill the credit card business, we'll kill the consumer society and thus the economy. Maybe that's the goal...
For us, the American ideal is personified in the concept of self-reliance, work ethic, honesty/forthrightness, decency, personal property rights, family, religion, an ability to defend oneself from criminals and crooked politicians, and personal responsibility.
