- Because a government intervention the financial systems rarely works well.
- Because it fails to acknowledge the fundamental shift that is occurring in our society as we move from being “overleveraged” to using credit responsibly.
- Because Nancy Pelosi likes it.
- Because no one has been able to prove that by buying this garbage from the banks, it will do anything to actually help credit get done.
- Because Barney Frank likes it.
- Because JP Morgan and the FDIC were able to work out a very smooth transition when Washington Mutual closed down last week and it was done without any unusual interventions.
- Because the bailout refuses to consider that not all banks are equal. Those who are most likely not going to make it would get the same government money as those who are perfectly healthy. That’s just not right.
- Because Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan) voted against it, and I have a lot of respect for Pete.
- Because the Main Stream Media is preaching an unbelievable amount of panic, distrust and fear and they are doing it with items that are not factual.
- Because the government hasn’t done a good job (because I don’t believe they can) in showing that there’s a connection between buying bad assets from the banks and helping Main St.
- Because Citigroup and the FDIC worked out a “take over” of Wachovia without any significant market disruptions and without any unusual bailout efforts.
Okay, so it was actually 11. The point is, the bailout is not good for our country and not good for our economy. Are banks going to fail? Yep. Do I hope that “my bank” isn’t one of them? Yep. But like Jeff Brown says, we know how the story ends up and we’ll all be fine.