Daily Reckoning provides this quote on the original week of the frantic search for legislation regarding the bailout: Take Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California), a bailout critic. During debate over the…

rdan Here is a look at the history of limiting paychecks after a bailout…not such a promising outlook for those wanting to do so. Tax History Project Too Much: The…

The notorious GSE bailout will probably cause the US Federal debt to be considerably lower than it would have been without the bailout. It could cause the US Federal debt…

…It implies defeat and irresponsibility.   The news media use the word with relish.  Like a car crash, a hurricane, or a murder, it sells newspapers.  Combined with the word “bailout,”…

…the result of the dramatic agreement is that Greece hasn’t promised further austerity in exchange for a bailout and the rest of Europe hasn’t promised a bailout. They have delayed…

…preserved. Her valid point is that the crisis caused huge losses, even though the bailout added less than nothing to those losses. She argues that planning future bailouts with profit…

…bailout — participation is voluntary. There is a low incentive cost of not rewarding effort and risk taking when there is an unforseen disaster. (the word unforseen is doing all…

“The Rural Slush Fund” for healthcare that will be used to aid marginal Republicans during elections. Merrill Goozner GoozNews How the $50 billion bailout for rural health care providers will…

This is why we don’t believe the bailout will work the way you think it will (i.e., to increase lending): Recently, securities rated AAA have changed hands for roughly 30…

…Note also that, in supporting the AIGFP fiasco/deals, the U.S. can reduce the overall size of the bailout needed while ensuring that domestic entities retain full access to capital markets….