James A asked:


The estimates assume payback over 30 years at 4.5% interest. How will this not be a drag on our future economic well being?

stanleycoffee@verizon.net asked:


SHOULD WE HAVE EVER ALLOWED THIS BAILOUT DOOR TO BE OPENED ITS SEEMS ENDLESS. WHAT WILL THE FINAL $ COST BE DO YOU THINK?

Swearfinger asked:


The GOV keeps bailing out everyone else. Billions here and billions there billions out to everywhere. Well its now multi trillions that we are in debt. Who is going to bail out the US? The Gov doesn’t have the money just like the banks don’t have the money.

warrior asked:


Do you like being given money that will cost your lifetime and the lifetimes of your children to refund it? What we really need are price controls now and wake up calls for our politicians; with an emphasis on who WE are: the PEOPLE!

Chigon asked:


I heard the government was going to pass this soon. Do you think its fair?

Stuck in the Middle Ages asked:


Would capitalism collapse if we (the taxpayers) did not bail out companies (and, in the process, extremely wealthy business people) in the financial sector that took too many risks? Or would capitalism prosper, making the more conservative companies and businesspeople able to both weather the storm and purchase the assets of the companies that couldn’t? Wouldn’t other companies come in to take advantage of the situation (as would occur in any other situation)? Wouldn’t there be opportunities to pick up dying companies’ customers?

Also, how does the government determine whom to “save”? Why Bear Stearns and not Lehman? Why Freddie and Fannie and AIG but not Washington Mutual?

Further, do you believe that a taxpayer-supported entity (like the former Resolution Trust Corporation) will make the everyday people feel more comfortable? I assume that’s not really a concern. It’s the people with big money that are the focal point.

Ultimately, how is this a free market, limited government-interference economy?

Daphne asked:


This weekend, shouldn’t this be the focus of the questions on Elections, instead of the petty repetition of the same old non-issue juvenile questions?

kflukinger asked:


I heard Obama has a bailout plan for those of us in debt. Is this even true?

Wave asked:


Perhaps using other bailouts for comparison, or perhaps other debt and repayment time scales.

*Tink* asked:


i have to do a report for a class and i am completly lost