Yes, they all walked away with millions, but the devastation from that stock market crash and mortgage default situation caused tens of millions of people to lose their homes and their nest eggs. (investorjunkie.com)
I know it seems incredible, but what if Congress is unwittingly about to vote yes on something that could creat a USG default situation? (nakedcapitalism.com)
If 2007/8 hadn't already alerted the LIIs to their sometime precarious funding situations the Greek / Portuguese / Irish potential default situations should make people realise that public money should be seen as the last option for funding rather than the first (slaw.ca)