Since this thread has been moved I can now post:
As for the political discussion, we saw today the proposal by Obama's Treasury Secretary for $1600B in new taxes including substantially increased marginal rates to 46.3%, $50B in infrastructure spending, and $400B in cost savings. These are 10 year figures I believe. Tax, spend, AND borrow. Now some folks approve of that and others do not. That's politics, but from a financial solvency basis, this is the exact opposite, and WILL result in further credit rating downgrades and increased chances of a government credit cost explosion and a bond bubble pop. The housing crash resulted in about $3-4T in destroyed capital. A bond crash would be closer to $14T and impact everyone's pensions and retirements instantly.