Amos 04 Nov 09 - 03:46 PM

"When Obama took office, there were widespread fears that the system was on the verge of collapse"

Didn't you say that the economy collapsed?

Back then you said it was on the verge of collapse meaning it had not collapsed and was not collapsing or partially collapsed.

In other words, there was no collapse at all because it was prevented before it collapsed.

Even then the possibility of a collapse was only a widespread fear meaning it may not have been on the verge of collapse at all but only feared to be on the verge of collapse.