Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate

*sighs and shakes his head*

ahoy and good morning mateys!

i asked this question musingly just a few weeks ago, but now the whole thing seems to be snowballin'...yet another industry that be too-big-to-fail be needin' a shot in the arm to get through these troubled times.

as i noted in 'nother thread, the current cost 'o the bailouts be 8.5 trillion, once loan and asset guarantees are included.

today, thar be this news....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/bu...l.html?_r=1&hp

one trillion dollars is, give or take a 100 billion, around what Social security, medicare and medicaid will cost next year...imma getting confused as to how the government can keep raisin' these vast sums 'o monies.

be thar a limit fer this kinda government help, and eventually can't an arguement be made fer small businesses to get bailouts too? imma not talkin' about anythin' too crazy, maybe a half million each fer all 'o us?

aye?

-MeadHallPirate