I have the sense that Paulson and the current crew in charge of the US economy do not want to find out how bad bad is.  If they did, it might be too obvious that many of their cohort are doomed.  I fear that the policies, if they can be called policies, that are currently being followed are tantamount to having the lifeboats of the Titanic tie on to the Titanic in an effort to keep it afloat.

slight correction, they don't want the public to know how deep the rot has set in.

at the same time as threatening social breakdown and martial law as blackmail!

that's what paulson's shit-scared of, and i can see why.

excellent twist on the titanic metaphor, btw.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~