Reaction from around the country to the havoc on Wall Street and the emergency $700 billion financial bailout plan:
"The whole system is a big mess if you ask me."
_ Susan Henderson Fisher, 72, of Berkeley, Calif., a musician and retired dentist
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"The ones who play by the rules are normally the ones who pay for those who don't."
_ Steve Hillis, 55, of Worthington, Ohio
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"The government shouldn't be responsible for people who made bad decisions."
_ Lilly Tan, 31, of Woodbury, Minn., consultant
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"When you look to the damage that's been done to these firms, that's a very heavy penalty they had to pay. It's not like Wall Street came out unscathed in this, the entire spectrum of what we used to know as Wall Street is no longer there."
_ Rich Cosner, 57, of Yerba Linda, Calif., president of Prudential California Realty
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"I know there were people who were mislead, but regardless, they signed on the line. At the end of the day, they were responsible."
_ Ryan Kanto, 24, of Dallas, engineer
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"The government can't survive if they try to bailout everybody."
_ Terry McIntire, 58, of Arlington, Texas, works for a medical sales company
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"The whole thing is uncomfortable for people across the globe. I have friends in Canada and in England just so mad at the U.S. for getting the world in this position. I just got off the phone with my girlfriend in Toronto. It's just the buzz of fear and worry. She is trying to sell everything she can as fast as she can."
_ Nicole Sassaman, 37, of Los Angeles, house-flipper
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"Everybody's sending the credit card offers, and they're coming all over the place, and everyone's encouraging you to spend more money. And (you) always think tomorrow's going to be better, and if it's not, then it all kind of falls apart."
_ Rich Erstad, 44, of St. Paul, Minn., lawyer
