Where is it coming from??

Yeah. 700 billion in my pocket. After a while of US politics, you just sigh and shrug your shoulders. But what's the alternative? If they're to be believed (big IF), then the global economy will tank. I'm not all that worried. Markets crash, but then they come back. Chris, anytime you want to join the ranks of US taxpayers, come on down!

The $700BEEEEEEELLION is coming out of my pocket. seriously. This whole bailout mess is ridiculous. What most people fail to understand is that ol' uncle sam is bailing out private companies. PRIVATE companies. My tax dollars are going to clean up the mess that private companies have made by mismanaging and screwing things up. I'm totally opposed to it, investment or not. And as far as Bono's quote goes, it's noble, but should read more like...why can't everyday average people band together and raise trillions of dollars to help those children. I can't understand why people think it's government's place to run social programs. They've failed at it so far. What makes us think it's gonna get better?

Mccain is using us with Bush's help. There is no "economic crisis." Remember, "it's all in our heads," and "the fundaments of our economy are sound." These are Republican qoutes.

I was listening to the radio this afternoon and heard that they do expect to view this as an investment. Buying these mortgages super cheap, then selling them for a profit when the market gets better. They were even talking about profit in the trillions. We'll see, but it sure made me feel a little better about that. And Bono continues to be one of my heroes!