How many trillions must be lost before Republicans acknowledge that there’s a problem?

I'm going to assume you have seen or heard this clip of the Republicans "acknowledging the problem" several years ago (and the Dems denying any such problem)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs&

There is lots of information out there regarding who has done what & who has refused to stop the highway robbery. Never mind that it is all Democrats right now who are "in control" of the responsible committees who are supposed to be over-seeing all this mess.

I'm kind of surprised you would post on this thread with your nasty, smarter-than-thou attitude given the heaping amount of evidence that points only to Democrats (those thoroughly modern, 21st century sages of all things financial) as being the primary cause, as well as the primary beneficiaries, of this huge mess. Perhaps a little humility is in order?

Today;s drop was a bit less than 7 percent.

Black Monday, 1987 was a drop of over 20 percent. The day after 9/11, the market dropped more than it did today. According to this, today's drop was only the 17th worst drop ever.

So, you know, panicking and handing large chunks of the financial industry over to the same federal government that caused this mess to begin with is a great idea.

And, by the way, why couldn't Nancy Pelosi get more than 60 percent of her own member to pass the bill? If she wanted the bill to pass, she had more than enough members to do it.

Oh yes, it's the Republican's fault – the minority party in the House. Yeah, sure. Keep singing yourself to sleep with that one.

Please explain how the largest percentage drop in the DOW is "moving along." I'd call that "collapsing." And the Asian markets are already collapsing further, which will likely lead to another big collapse here tomorrow. How many trillions must be lost before Republicans acknowledge that there's a problem? Apparently one trillion dollars isn't even close. What's it going to take? Ten trillion? Twenty trillion? Boehner promised 90 votes in the compromise. He needs to deliver those votes or face a bill that all the Democrats will vote for. And I'm sure he won't like that. The problem here is that Republicans care more about 18th Century economic philosophy than the security of our country. While you obviously haven't gotten the message yet, more than two centuries have passed since the last time you guys came up with a plausible thought. Yes, the deal sucked, but it sucked because we had to compromise the plan to satisfy Republican delusions. But even that wasn't enough. As far as I'm concerned, the Republicans should now be completely shut out of any negotiations. They didn't keep their promise, so they should be considered to be incapable of negotiation. Shut them out and pass a real bill.