This is not comparable because the 14 billions DOLLARS were prolly backed by the FMI wich meant that the United States and Europe were behind the bailout. Even

This is not comparable because the 14 billions DOLLARS were prolly backed by the FMI wich meant that the United States and Europe were behind the bailout. Even if only the U.S were behind, 14 billions was really not much as we can see today. But today the United States ARE the heart of the system. It's all a matter of confidence now : will the world trust the U.S banking system enough, will the world trust the dollar enough, in the end : will the world trust the U.S autorities ? The trust must comes directly from the U.S now, because there is no international agency backing up your decisions. ALL the stability in the system comes from this confidence. The U.S. dollar was the most trusted money in the world.