As we sit back and look at the proposed government bailout of our financial crisis of 2008 I listen to commentators and pundits compare the financial crisis to the great depression and can't help but wonder where they studied their history. The great depression had tens of thousands of people living in tent cities, banks closing their their doors and leaving people with their life savings gone, and unemployment at nearly 30%. The crisis of 2008 has none of that and is really about a bunch of greedy and unethical lenders who have made very bad decisions and are now asking the american taxpayer to come to the rescue. Yes, we are in a crisis, and yes we are going to have to find a way to fix it but don't compare this greed to the great depression.