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Wall Street Bailout Should Get Main Street Support

October 01, 2008 11:10 AM ET | Bonnie Erbe | Permanent Link | Print

Reader Comments

Senate Bailout Pork is Bull

It's clear the Senate nor House has a clue!! It's time to vote all of these Incumbutts out of office and start over. Give the next group of "Geni-not-for-us" a chance to come up with a new plan. I'm not in the market for this much PORK. Obama said it. You can dress a PIG up and put lipstick on it, but it's still a Pig--and this Rescue Plan (HA! HA! didn't know NASCAR needed rescuing) is one FAT PIG and I'm not buying it!

How about My Street?

95% of us don't live on either Wall or Main street.

Wall Street Bailout Should Get Main Street Support

I am not concerned with the "Golden Parachutes" at all. The money going there pales when compared to the $700,000,000,000 going to buy the worthless paper from the thieves.

The plan has been sold as "Take the Plan" or "Take Armageddon", with nothing in between. Outrageous.

It's time to "VOTE THEM OUT".

bull

mainstreet should not allow bailout. yea things will get tough . but we can do becouse we are hard working honest people.we will make it. now wallstreet and the bankers maybe not but its time to put a stop to bush economics that favors his fat cat buddies. people we need to telll them all no.or we vote them out this includes obama and mcCain they are both playing palotics with this issue come on we are not going to fall for the fear tatics again from our paloticians again no more money except for mainstreet usa not wall street nor any other crountry lets get our crountry back the news pushers are just mouth peices for the fear mongers , don't listen , use some common horse sence

golden parachute

While working for one firm. I receive an offer to come to work for another. I negotiate a deal to protect my retirement and agree to sell all interest in my current company and for go all its benefits. This deal insures that my retirement and benefits are protected. And the people who negotiated this deal on the behave of stock holders in go faith. Did so knowing that I would receive this benefit package. Then it was done legally and in good faith. Then I would be correct receiving my golden parachute.

NO BAILOUT!

The CEO of Washington Mututal takes $16 million dollars and walks away after 3 weeks on the job and the disollution of his bank!

What more evidence does this country need to understand the politics will always support big money.

Until the american public refuses to pay taxes - so the politiians can't waste our money on pork - this country will continue to spiral downward.

No BAILOUT

Main stream media is suggesting that the bailout is gaining support in general public. It can't be any father from truth. The truth is that many Amricans fed up with bailouts. This bailout is not going to help main st. It is bailout for the foreign banks and Wall St.

dumping bad loans, credit cards, car, home equity loans, subprime loans, alt-A loans, derivitives, etc. basically garbage, on to the American tax payer.

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About Bonnie Erbe

Bonnie Erbe is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe. She also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service.

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