The message is, "let me lend recklessly and make tons of money being greedy and cause financial meltdown, then you bail me out, then I pay you back, now I'm back on track."

We have all seen what happens when one gets caught-up in the hype.This is purely anecdotal, but I wonder if we could be seeing a return to the reckless investor mentality of the early 2000s...There is a house across from me that became an REO some time ago and sat on the market (I didn't make an offer because that would have been too close for comfort for me in terms of having tenants there).Finally I saw some people moving in there the other day.

Banks who acted recklessly can't fail; auto companies can't fail; airlines can't fail; and people can't fail.

It seems that they are fed up with the reckless spending and massive deficits and they are going to play hardball.

BP posts have tendency to be too broad and include high, but prudent, leverage in with other reckless leverage strategies.

I meet people who are WAY to cautious, and others who are WAY too reckless lol.

I know I can lose my butt quick with reckless loans like that, the whole point is to make money after all, not pay it all in interest to a loan shark.

Heating and lighting your real estate investment through the late fall and winter can cost you thousands if you’re reckless.

President, who values money that greatly as to be willing to take the foolish, reckless, and immoral steps that would be required to try to become filthy rich?

While this is not the time to be reckless, sometimes people make a mistake in going too conservative, afraid to take any risks that could jeopardize their new endeavor.