Why did large number of Republicans have no problem giving $700 billion to Wall Street but none supported the?

TARP was touted as something to stabilize the banks and relieve the banks of troubled assets. There were flaws in the bill but things were so bad, it got rushed through. Almost immediately upon passage, one of those flaws became quite evident.

The treasury secretary changed the rules and began using funds in ways not intended by congress. There certainly was no intent for the TARP funds to be used to bail out auto companies but they were. When the "stimulus" bill came up, many republicans advocated using the remaining TARP funds.

They were dismissed outright. The stimulus bill was crafted with the absolute minimum opposition input and the structure of the programs insured a minimum effectiveness of most of the programs. The tax breaks were a joke, the roads projects were largely unnecessary and over-expensive and the bail out of state and local governments merely kicked the can down the road to.......today when the speaker will be calling house members back in session to move on, yep, a new state and local government bailout.

TARP was a mediocre idea that turned bad quickly. The "stimulus" plan was an awful idea that keeps proving it's awfulness.

Because Republicans serve their Corporate Masters, not Main Street. And where was the Tea Bagger outrage then? Bush bailout $700 billion Bush Iraq war: 2.3 trillion and counting.

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