There will also, doubtless, be some muttering about the Americans' always thinking you can solve problems in the financial sector by throwing a lot of money at them.
From Wall Street to Main Street, the most powerful men in the American private sector are throwing their weight around and pressuring Congress on the fiscal cliff.
Some of the larger names in the sector are so familiar that their ubiquity obscures just how much cash they are throwing off and what great investments they are.