Michael Thomas recognizes that the Bailout bill that failed to pass in the House on Monday was at best, a compromise. Instead of a 700 billion dollar bailout, Thomas suggests that there is a viable alternative for funding the bailout through the concept of the "Polluter Pays" principle used in Super Fund Cleanup legislation. 

My Name is Thomas Gober and I am a forensic accountant and certified fraud examiner.   So my question to all Americans is this:

Lehman Brothers – bankrupt, Merrill Lynch bought for pennies on the dollar, and A.I.G. going from a trillion dollars of assets to being bailed out to the tune of 85 billion:  How did we get here, and where, exactly, is here?