So what is your point? Are you making the argument that simply bailing out the FDIC would have resolved the banking crisis, like Hankster claims, or are you just blowing smoke and informing us all that you work at a bank? My argument is the issue was much greater than individual deposits and covering foreign deposits alone would have been almost $2 trillion anyway. Not to mention all of that covered foreign money going bye bye as countries pull out. Mom and pop wouldn't have to worry about their savings because the US dollar would have been all but worthless anyway.