Ethel M asked:


Now two days later and three different plans on the table will you back the 300 billion bail out bill?

Emily

Veritas asked:


Obama said he is going to bail out GM and the automakers. Do you Obama supporters find this ironic?

Charlie

karl_popper_fan asked:


Every time a question is asked on YA about the bail out, GOP members and independents express their anger, but dems stay quiet.

Why don’t democrats have a problem with 850 BILLION DOLLAR TAXPAYER BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET? Bush and a minority of GOP supported it, but a large majority of dems supported it, so why do democrats support this?

Ruth

Matt W asked:


My best freind just got arrested and its his second violation of his probation he failed his drug test can i still bail him out?

Bobby

The ~Muffin~ Man asked:


There seems to be a move in Washington towards bailing out irresponsible mortgage holders. Not only did a lot of these people have no business owning a home in the first place, they signed onto unfavorable terms (ARM’s, interest only payments, “flipping” in risky markets). Did people *really* think that the real estate market is just some magic piggy bank with no downside?

So as a responsible homeowner who lives within my means, my tax dollars are now going to bail out these people.

Whatever happened to personal responsibility in this country? Furthermore, I’m disgusted with the Bush Administration even considering bailing out people…we live in a free market, and Darwinian economics will sort this out.
Elana, I respect your opinion…but we have to be cognizant of the following: You’re essentially admitting that the “wealth” created by the housing bubble was false wealth, and allowing it to crash naturally will hurt larger segments of the economy. Well, that’s what happens in a “false economy”, where there are no fundamentals to support it over the long time. At some point, reality has to set in…a continued propping up of this false economy only perpetuates the myth that all is well, and thus makes the pain worse when the larger house of cards tumbles.

Lester

Sad Spirit asked:


I regret getting my bachelors cuz i am stuck with huge monthly payments for the next 20 years to pay off my stupid student loans. Should the gov bail us out so we can get a clean slate starting out in life like the big corps get? At least I pay taxes and don’t write everything off like the CEOs do.

Christine

Mike F asked:


ya i thought this bail out plan was suppose to make the economy better but yet the dow is below 9,000? why are things just getting worse? and will i loose my house and will we go into another great depresion?

Irene

gatorw asked:


The market is still tanking. Looks to me like the bail out actually made things worse rather than help things.

Doris

Soon N asked:


I have and do pay my mortgage on time every month. Now I am told that the government is going to use my tax dollars to bail out others (borrowers and lenders) who have gotten into trouble because of poor judgement. So basically, I’m going to be paying my mortage, my taxes, and now someone else’s mortgage … now how is that fair? Don’t blame it all on Bush … this stuff started with Clinton … so both parties are to blame then and now.

Victoria

chelsea fan asked:


Where is the 700 billion dollar bail out money coming from?

I thought our government is broke, does that mean we are just extending cred i.e printing money?

Charles