Gas prices aside, what the hell is happening?

Our financial institutions are failing at an alarming rate and the stock market is reacting (negatively). We're in a recession now and the next stop is a depression. Government bailouts in the past month or two have cost the taxpayers over $800 billion in the last two months alone.

Who is to blame for this mess? What needs to be done to fix it?

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