What if none were given. Perhaps AIG would have ceased to exist, and the same goes for General Motors. Some banks might have had to call it quits with others waiting to take up the slack. The natural order would have taken place, and I rather doubt this so called horrible economy.
At the same time, don't you think capitalism would have taken one giant step forward without all this bailout money? Why? The capitalist opportunists are vast among us, and would have seized the opportunities available.
We would have seen new companies rise from the ashes. New employers, improved product due to a market of more competition. New stocks to lead the market.
Instead, it appears as a very large move toward government ownership of private enterprise.
Government needs to sell its' shares of all companies owned. Let them fail on their own. They'll be back under new names, and management.
