Folks who think what happened in Japan can't happen here should think twice, because what happened in Japan can happen here -- in spades -- especially when one considers that the Japanese save and Japan runs a trade surplus. We do neither. Even though historically we've tended to clean up our problems a lot
faster, that is not our current policy; capitalism has been abandoned for socialism when it comes to financial matters.
Let's face it, there's a possibility that Buffet is speaking in his own self interest. When Buffet speaks people listen. If he can help talk up the market it goes directly to his bottom line.
