powder & sm... noted.
Gotta bear in mind that the younger working class (early twenties) have not experienced the 97/98 financial crisis. Many have not faced those gloomy days of 97/98.
For me who was not out in the workforce at that time, at least I understood the circumstances leading to it and faced the challenges together with my family. Then, I tot I would see the worst of financial crisis in my life. But i was more mentally prepared for this round.
Yup, banks might have done their calculations right from the start ('Conservative') but in recent time, the lax personal credits (i do notice that some banks over-push their sales) certainly doesn't help to maintain certain stability over this area. Yes, profits are made through high paid-Interest overtime. But, don't you think that it's weird the banks earn THAT over a period to ensure that they profit, but lose the Individual Interests of the growing bankrupts' population. Which is actually the potential root to another global financial meltdown?
Pre-subprime didn't start and end with any suspect... it was right up to the last couple of months that then, some banks was reported to be facing finances difficulty. (maybe last couple of years written in financial news and books.)
Events such as, proved that we can never take things for granted, that of the banks' stability.
Hence, i indicated that this area is also snowballing... a snowball with perhaps some potential risks and to be potentially ruled out by ppl, that might be a danger.