Hey I'm an aussie and while I'm more than happy to admit that America has many faults, I don't think it's fair to blame them for all these economic problems. Without them we'd all be screwed. I mean they get it wrong a lot, but they've paved the way for a lot of stuff too. And in regards to the economic problems in Australia, I don't think it's America's fault, the general attitude of most ppl here seems to be that they expect that once they get married and have kids and stuff they need to buy a house for $200,000+ so they borrow huge amounts of money from the bank, and then when the interest rates rise they have a cry because they can't afford the repayments. If anything it's the way that most Australians are trying to live beyond their means, by trying to be Americans and have the big houses, except you have to remember we're a tiny country with a population under 30,000,000 and our economy isn't as strong as the American economy. Lol anyways shit thats my rant. Just thought it's better than simply saying "Fuck America" like some ppl think is intelligent.