An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world.

America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.

The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.

In the old days, when you took out a mortgage, it was probably through a local bank or a credit union, and whoever gave you your loan held on to it for life. If you lost your job or got too sick to work and suddenly had trouble making your payments, you could call a human being and work things out.

Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass of the middle class.

Amendments occupy a great deal of most legislators' time, particularly those lawmakers in the minority. Members of Congress do author major bills, but more commonly they make minor adjustments to the bigger bill.

The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them.