After several tumultuous weeks on Wall Street, people wonder what's next

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 5--How bad is the financial crisis? Everyone from President Bush to Warren Buffett last week warned of potential disaster. Congress approved spending billions of taxpayer dollars on a rescue plan with no guarantee it will work. And the anger that pervaded the Shore slowly turned into resignation. "We've done it before," Megan Anderson, a 36-year-old nurse from Tinton Falls, said last Thursday at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown. "It seems like we don't learn from history." The financial meltdown that has gripped the nation's economy since the spring isn't letting go. The housing industry is paralyzed. Employers are slashing jobs. Consumers are tightening their belts. Investors are scurrying for safety. Economists and other experts say the country is in uncharted waters, where taxpayers are asked... [read full story]