Comments on: Wall Street Continues Nosedive

Market Down Almost 450 Points After Fed Rescues AIG With $85B Takeover

[avembe]

i thought the Reps wanted less government...

[txgrouch2006]

WHAT?!?!? Just yesterday we were told that there would be NO bailout!!!

Now - there goes ANOTHER nearly $100 BILLION of OUR MONEY out of OUR POCKETS to pay for corporate GREED AND RECKLESSNESS!!!!!!!!

I agree with jediservant - let''s stop paying our income tax and let the friggin'' government bail ITSELF out.

Oh, BTW - my paycheck was $33 last week. WHO''S GONNA BAIL ME OUT????????????????????????????

[omega40]

So how''s Bush''s "ownership society" treating you all? I bet you never thought you would own Freddie and Fannie or an 85% stake in AIG, Huh?

[oleander8]

No one company should be allowed to become so big that their failure threatens the entire US economy.

[kef805]

I don''t know what planet Jeff Glor is on! On the TV, he stated that our gas tanks should be happy and that hurricane Ike did not raise gas prices!!! In Georgia, we have been paying up to $4.50 per gallon since BEFORE the hurricane hit in anticipation of refineries being shut down! Stations selling near $4.00 run out of gas. Truckers can not get loads to deliver! My tank nor my pocketbook is happy AT ALL!

[smurfcrusher]

I guess this means McCain shouldn''t have introduced the bill, later passed, to deregulate the industry!

Those financial controls he swept aside, allowing today''s "greed", would have prevented these BILLIONS of YOUR TAX DOLLARS from being diverted to fix this mess.

One would think McCain would have LEARNED fom Reagans Savings and Loan mess! But then, he never was a quick study... Bottom .6% of his class at Annapolis.

Three Cheers for "BOTTOM GUN!"

[jediservant]

I think we need to stop filing 1040''s and let Washington pay with their money from now own!

[u-r-right]

AIG is a business just like any other. If they made bad decisions they should face the consequences. I wonder if their executives are still grabbing their cash at the end of each pay period?

Our entire country is in bad financial shape and yet, we are bailing out a select few finincial institutions.