TO APPRECIATE HOW BOGUS THE DEBT CRISIS IS JUST CONSIDER THAT NUMBER:

Bank deposits soar despite rock-bottom interest rates (E. Scott Reckard, 9/17/11, Los Angeles Times)

Americans are pumping money into bank accounts at a blistering pace this year, sending deposits to record levels near $10 trillion on escalating fears that the U.S. economy is on the verge of another implosion.

There's no sign that the flood into checking, savings and money market accounts is slowing down. In the last three months, accounts at U.S. commercial banks have increased $429 billion, or 10%, almost double the increase for all of last year.

There's one big problem: Banks don't want your money.

"Banks and credit unions are doing everything they can to get rid of the cash except make loans," said Mike Moebs, a Lake Bluff, Ill., banking consultant.

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