I don’t think so.

Sure, we bloggers and political nutjobs are pretty sure that we need to do something and something fast. But my students don’t seem all that concerned. They are registering slight concern, but their concern levels are higher about than the fact that college tuition might go up a little next year, and they have a paper assignment due next Thursday. Considering the fact that these kids have not invested in the stock market, have never worked on Wall Street, and haven’t bought a house that they can’t afford, you would think that they would be a little more pissed off that they are going to get stuck paying for this mess.

The really low level of concern and comprehension of this situation among the general public isn’t going to force Congress to come up with a solution quickly.