Comments on How the Washington Reps Voted on the Bailout

Dave Reichert is not a Democrat! Please fix NOW!

thenk yew.

At least we don't have money for Health Care, Social Security or education. Thank God those forms of communism will soon die!!

Hey, wasn't that a great idea companies opting for 401k's over actual pension plans? How's that all working out for ya??

glad to know we can still count on Jim McDermott

McD's switched vote is indeed interesting. Maybe he caught a load of shit from constituents for his first vote?

Is anyone else besides me disturbed by the idea that Darcy Burner would consider Jim McDermott a mentor?

@5 - It would be strange if a progressive Democrat running for Congress in WA didn't consider McDermott a mentor in some way, no?

come on guys, please fix the reichert D thang. NOW!!

The Stranger is saying Reichert is a Democrat and that's good enough for me!!!! Darcy must be a Republican!!!

Reichert is an I just likethe ads an idiot. His district is one of the wealthiest in Washington, and his constituents have probably lost a lot of money in the market. I don;t think they'll be happy with him next month.

Thanks for nothing Norm Dicks, you ass.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STOCK MARKET. The bill was ESSENTIAL for the global economy to continue working.

What if we let all these companies fail and the government uses 700 trillion to lend to homebuyers and businesses who won't have a private financial sector to turn to for however long it takes them to sort themselves out?

I mean, if ultimately the taxpayer's job is to provide the liquidity the financial sector can't provide to the consumers and producers of the economy, what value to these middle men add? They produce nothing, and they are nobody's customers. They just come crying to us ever 5 or 10 years asking for money to cover their losses. Why do we need them at all?

Jesus Christ, Elenchos, are you a complete idiot? Injecting liquidity into credit markets on occasion has ALWAYS been a part of what government does. To get from there to "why do we need credit markets" is insane. YOU need these credit markets; everyone does, whether you know it or not.

I need credit. Everyone does. I get that.

I thought I needed a credit market too, but it turns out the credit "market" is just the route that government money takes on its way to being borrowed. So sure, let's have credit without this endlessly broken market. I mean, maybe there's a reason why it needs constant oversight and policing, and the occasional massive cash injection.

I'm told greed is the problem. Perhaps we should first eliminate greed. Once done, we can reconstitute the credit market. In the mean time, wouldn't it be cheaper to lend the money directly from the government? We're not so rich as we once were and need to save our nickels.