Our country is teetering on the edge of a financial crisis, and what do I find? A graphic from the MCT wires showing 10 of the major banks that are involved in this mess and how much money they've shelled out to both political parties and presidential candidates since 2001.

The amount is staggering: A whopping $64 million!

And the Democratic party made out like bandits, receiving $34.1 million to the Republican's $29.8 million. Check out what each presidential candidate received, and you'll see it's the same thing.

At this point, all I can say is hindsight is ...