Okay, as America tumbles over the financial abyss, let's look at how we got here and how we can get the hell out of here.

In order to determine what went wrong, we probably should focus on what we knew to be wrong to begin with, and in this I mean society as a whole, not just the corporate fat cats.

As an example, we have game players; football, basketball, soccer, etc, being paid millions per year, while the typical high school teacher's salary is measured in small fractions...