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					Originally Posted by  tony404
					 
				 
				I just heard on the radio to forgive all those mortgages ,give the people those houses would only cost 200 billion. So why do they need close to a trillion? 
			
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 That's only part of the problem. For example, there are $62 trillion in credit default swaps out there. That is what brought down AIG. WAY too much leverage!