Even Wall Street has become addicted to government money. The Fed has been printing money and pouring it in the stock market to pump up the economy. Now Bernanke is threatening to pull the plug and stop the money flow. Just the threat has sent the markets tumbling. If and when it really does happen, interest rates will soar, inflation will soar and the markets will go into free fall. Not sure exactly why Bernanke is announcing this now. They have been propping up the economy through the entire Obama reign and sooner or later the Buck has to stop somewhere at sometime.