[Kretek]

They need someone to take care of them, like the government.

Bzzt! Sorry, wrong. They need someone to guarantee honesty and justice.

Why do you think the credit card companies need this "bailout"? Because of their own doings! That's right - go ahead, RKV, and promote corporate irresponsibility on the one hand, and preach personal financial responsibility on the other. Makes a lot of sense.

And no, properly explained it won't lead to mob-rule (populism) or socialism.

I wouldn't expect the Republicans to be able to pull off that "proper" explanation in a thousand years, especially with the biased media. They're not called the Stupid Party for nothing.

[RKV]

Your unsupported assertions are meaningless. What is honest about someone who takes your money and doesn't pay it back? That is properly called theft. What is just to the person whose money was taken and not repaid? If I own stock in a bank or loan firm, and you bail out on your debts you take money from ME, not some inhuman entity. And yes, we do have bankruptcy laws now, you just don't like the deal being changed a bit. It isn't like there is a debtors prison anymore is there? As more Americans own stocks and they will think like owners, like capitalists and this will help too. As for the Republicans and the media wing of the DNC, the media has never been on our side (in modern times that is). We have worked around them. That you are here at FreeRepublic is proof enough of that. Think harder, you may get it some day.