BigPic...please don't forget to include Paulson with Greenspan and Bernanke. Paulson has denied the problem rather than acknowledging and treating the problem, and he was CEO and head of derivatives at Goldman Sachs when CDOs and CDSs got started.
Why don't we scream at him? Why is he Sec't of the Treasury? Why do we trust him? Why is he in charge of trillions of taxpayer dollars with little scrutiny?
He's just another Cheney/Rumsfeld debacle. His arrogance has blinded him, and his greed has destroyed portfolios around the world.