Can't disagree. No matter how much you may try, I am not now nor intend to be a Republican appologist. They are just as bad as Dems, imho, and not really that much different in practice, just the rhetoric. As far as what we should have done, that is only useful in the context of what will we do next. Are we learning. Economics is like Art, It's very subjective. I am certainly no expert, but I know what I like when I see it.