They had to know. I bet they got rid of any stock they held in those failing companies. The CEOs from those companies sure did well for themselves. And now the government (us in reality) is going ultra-fast to save them. They sure can hand over 700 billion dollars fast. We should stop the handouts to other countries, the handouts to those who can work but won't and stop letting the politicians decide when they need pay increases. All that money going to other countries that wouldn't spit on us to put out a fire could do a lot of good here at home. And the people that bought McMansions and now can't make the payments ... oh well. Get a calculator out and figure out how much you CAN afford next time. Greed sure has done alot of damage to this country.