the Stock Market, greed vs tangibles

[NovaMob03]

We've just experianced the largest stock losses in recent history. Good people have lost their homes & retirement funds to what appears to be corp greed & government do-nothingness. It is a very sad state of affairs for such a hard working, proud nation.
The last time the market tanked, I pulled everything out of my brokers hands & told him he'd lost enough of my hard earned money...told him I could lose it on my own from here on out. So, I bought cars. Things I could love, pass on to others & be happy about the path I chosen to live.
When I see the bastards that the American people have bailed out, so the can continue to live in luxury...their smug, emotionless faces on TV saying 'we didn't know anything we were doing was wrong' It makes me ashamed & so pissed off that I want to beat them within an inch of their lives.
So, what are we going to do? Watch America flame? Tell our children that it's not the way it used to be? That corrupt Americans shouldn't pull the nation down...but will continue to try? Or, have Americans been plain stupid with debt issues.
It's the 'perfect storm'...debt...greed...incompetence & I'm glad I got my house in order and missed the boat
Sorry for the rant, but this is total