Can't We at Least Get a Toaster?

The author expresses her views on the plan of U.S. President Barack Obama to hold Wall Street accountable for its bad financial decisions. She recalls several moves done by Democrats in insulating financial grants from the consequences of own high-risk bets of financial institutions. She comments on the efforts of the administration of former U.S. president Bill Clinton to rescue improvident Wall Street bankers from Mexico. She believes that most Wall Street bankers expect that their Democratic friends would bail them out.