No, no, no, a thousand times no.
“We ran the economy to the brink of oblivion, so let us have $700 BILLION to bail out the firms that did it…without applying any regulation, without any sort of corrective measures, without even allowing anyone to review or approve the process. Just give us a shitpile of cash and don’t worry about it, we’ll take care of things.”
Is there any reason – any reason AT ALL – not to expect them to make a hash of this? And don’t start with that bullshit about what Obama would do, or what Clinton (either) would do. The old theoretical equivalence game is not in play here. The responsible party is the one who has fucked us sideways, so they are the ones who have to demonstrate why handing them one bazillion dollars scot-free is not THE STUPIDEST FUCKING IDEA ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.