Reply #65: You clearly were not paying close attention to the bailout debate. [View All]

[girl gone mad]

Every economist and financier in the world without an extreme ideological bent knew drastic measures needed to be taken. They disagreed on the extent and the details, but in the end the most expert and reasonable voices (people who have been criticizing Bush and Greenspan and Phil Gramm, et al for years) said, basically, "Well, it's better than nothing, and something has to be done right now or it won't wait for the next administration."

That's simply inaccurate.