germany. and basically, many people think it is too big to bail. there are lots of people who say, this is just, you know the markets will be watching it so carefully. because it is not enough that berlusconi is out. italy is in much bigger trouble than greece, if it defaults. it is in much worse it has six times the debt, basically. their problems are far, far greater. there s a lot more that needs to be done. it could have a far greater impact on us, in america. what can we do on our end where italy is concerned to bolster them and protect ourselves? well, the issue here is that we have u.s. banks have 651 billion dollars in euro debt. also, in terms of exports, the