Apparently Paulson was literally down on his knees BEGGING Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Demoncrats in the House, for her support for the plan. That I would like to have seen.
I remember my Maths teaching at school telling us that the big money banks deliberately took on failed Maths University graduates as they didn't understand the risks they were taking. I thought he was taking the piss - but he obviously wasn't!!
I never knew you were a jurist, american or scandinavian legal realism sir?