1. On 16th July 2009 the ex-US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson revealed that the Bush administration and Congress discussed the possibility of a breakdown of law & order and the logistic of feeding US citizens if commerce and banking collapsed.
2. He further stated that it was important at the time not to reveal officials' concerns, for fear it would terrify the American people and lead to an even bigger problem.
3. In the days that followed the Lehman Brothers fiasco, a run on some of the safest investment instrument in the financial markets threatened it impossible for people to access their savings, eventualy leading to a 1930's depression.
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