Everybody loves a good analogy. Maybe this one fits in your views about the financial crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8lUtvgT ... re=related
Dubai has got the debtor imprisonment. With already overfull US state prisons, how would Dubai regulationss look like in America !!?
300 million people. 75 million 'homeowners'... ~ 5 million already in prison...half of America would be forced to sit in jail for the next decade