The people the banks made bad loans to still have their money. Adding a trillion plus dollars will just cause inflation. The country will survive losing the infamous “big” banks, but the world will be badly damaged if the United States prints so much money that ATM machines will have to offer bags to carry the money in. The US survived the depression of 1932, Germany (as it was) didn’t survive the inflation of 1923. That is something we should keep in mind.

The moral equation of this is irrelevant now. We could discuss who’s at fault for this whole mess (Banks giving out idiotic loans out of greed, people buying homes they should have known they couldn’t afford, short sellers of financial stocks, etc, etc) another time for entertainment purposes if we wish to. The reality that has to be dealt with now is the situation at hand. Try to be unemotional for a minute. Realize that if no action is taken (read that: 700 billion dollars worth) then you, me, the rfilthy rich and the struggling poor will ALL suffer for way too long.

This “Goverment bailout” is a gift to us if the government is still willing to exercise it. All gifts come with a price tag, but this price tag is much, much easier to swallow than toughing it through. Guaranteed.

If it makes you all feel better to put it in perspective; before the “bailout” this country already has a deficit of OVER 10 trillion dollars. This was basically the case for a pretty long time and no one seemed to be crying. Now it will be over 11 trillion instead of only 10 trillion.

Boo Hoo. Get over it.

And by the way, it was not only the rich who cheated, the problems all started with subprimes, with the people who were making a little money and borrowed crazy amounts which they couldn’t afford.

Its YOUR money too. We cannot allow a donation to help them. I would like to know why the govt cant waive certain taxes (not payroll) that companies pay for a period of 2 years? Let them have their money so they could do as they please. This will help the economy more than the bail out and it will keep us from having to pay back the 1 trillion (thats TWELVE ZEROS!).

I also would like to see a complete investigation into the congress persons who have recevied nice funds from these institutions.

Instead of bailing out AIG, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to all Americans as a
“Dividend”.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S.
Citizens 18+

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child.
So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals to a hefty
“$425,000.00″

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a “Dividend”
Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.20That sends $25.5 Billion
right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife have $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage – “housing crisis solved”
Repay college loans – “a great boost to new grads”
Put away money for college – “it’ll be there”
Save it in a bank – “create money to loan to entrepreneurs”
Buy a new20car – “create jobs”
Invest in the market – “capital drives growth”
Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – “health care improves”

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost
their jobs at
Lehman Brothers and every other company
If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling
out
If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S
Citizen 18+
As for AIG – liquidate it and Sell off its parts.
Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and
clean it up.

Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and “AIG doesn’t” we were not invited to the
last 10 years of “party time” bonuses

And remember, The this plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5
Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.