Corporate Welfare vs. Corporate Subsidy

Bear Stearns was thrown a big-time, big-money lifeline by the Federal Reserve. And with that bailout, they also kicked off a new round of the "corporate welfare" debate that Ralph Nader began more than 40 years ago.

Can the government afford to be bailing out wealthy (or at least formerly wealthy) corporations when there are homeless on our streets and schools need to hold a bake sale to pay for textbooks? At the same time, can we afford to let a big Wall Street firm crash when the economy is this fragile? What do you think?[poll id=27]Don't like the options here? Trade them for your own in the comments section.

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