Chrysler did ineed pay us back.  Of course, *THAT* deal was orchestrated by Democrats.

But cheer up...step one to Universal Health Care has been accomplished.

We all now own an insurance company.  

Step two:  Everyone signs up.

Step three:  No bailouts for BlueKaiser. 

Actually..that deal was orchistrated by Lee Iacocca..And he CANT be a democrat because he is wealthy

Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, “Stay the course.”

Why are we in this mess? How did we end up with this crowd in Washington? Well, we voted for them-or at least some of us did. But I’ll tell you what we didn’t do. We didn’t agree to suspend the Constitution. We didn’t agree to stop asking questions or demanding answers. Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason. Where I come from that’s a dictatorship, not a democracy.

Lee Iacocca,  Where have all the Leaders Gone

Mark

No one bails out or subsidizes the working man when things go bad.  Unless you call unemployment insurance and disability insurance "bailing out". 

I've heard them called worse, Audrey. 

Moto, you bail out is waiting at 24 Hour Fitness. Stair stepper, third one on the left after you enter the gym.

And now AIG.  Unbelievable.  Someone on PBS yesterday said that, with these big corporations, the PROFITS are privatized and the BAIL-OUTS are socialized.  In other words, we taxpayers never see any money from the profits, but you can bet we'll PAY when they need us. 

How about we nationalize the car companies when they go under? Then we can have the cars that we want, and not the ones Detroit picks for us. Plus, as Random points out, we'll have many more people with nationalized health care (since that is the primary reason they're going under, other than just lousy business sense).

Gee RF. Were I not pissed I wouldn't have written these. I just have a different opinion of how and why it is happening and what the plan is to deal with it.

Mark, if you're considering voting for McBush, you aren't even mildly irked yet.

Actually, it was because these bailout measures weren't in place in '29 that we crashed.

The Feds are the last line of defense against another depression. And there will be loan shark type interest rates in place.

Bailing out may be a necessary thing right now, but how did we get in this mess in the first place? Surely not because of deregulation. Regulations are just commy government intrusion and anti-capitalistic right? Well no, it's called lawlessness. I find it amusing when the Government is accused of tampering by keeping banks honest, but listening in on your phone conversation without due cause is not.

The thing that pisses me off is that each and every one of the CEOs and upper management criminals will retire with nice healthy incomes, while stockholders take it in the shorts.