FEDERAL GOV'T TAKING OVER FINANCIAL SYSTEM?

NEWS ITEMS: Feds take over Fannie Mae; Feds take over Freddie Mac; Feds assist AIG; Feds assist Money Market funds; Feds change the trading rules of the NYSE; etc., etc.

• Does all of these actions amount to a Federal govenment take over of the loan and financial markets?
• Is this a "Nationalization" of an important segment of the U.S. economy?
• Where will this all end?
• Where will all of this money come from?
• How much more of the economy will be assumed by the government?
• How much will it cost us, and our children?
• Why wasn't the market allowed to take care of its own problems?
• How could all this mess been avoided?
• Will anyone or any company or government agency be held responsible?