Reply #17: There WILL be a bailout either way--we are already bailing out companies and banks--

[TwilightGardener]

that isn't going to stop. That's what the Republicans want--they want the taxpayer money to go to Wall Street QUIETLY, under the radar, without the changes in regulations and any benefit to the taxpayers, AND they don't want to have to attach themselves to this mess politically--that's why they are arguing against the legislated bailout. They DON'T want an official bailout package from Congress because then there would be regulatory changes, oversight, and control over how that money is spent. When conservative Repubs want something, you have to question it--they are NEVER on the side of the average American, they are ALWAYS on the side of the corporations.