Government Bail Outs

[Bluesman]

I find all of the US government's bail-outs ridiculous. Throwing out billions of dollars to companies as if it was pocket change is nothing more than stupidity. The only rebuttal to this I've heard is "Well what if a company like Ford went bankrupt?" and my answer to that is another company would become the dominant company. Ford rose up, so why couldn't a company like Chevy or Dodge rise up in its absence?

My point for creating this thread is a debate on bail-outs which we had at school, and I heard no good argument from the liberals who supported them. So VT, what do you think?

BTW 200th post :)

[Iceman]

It's the government. What can you expect.

[Amnesiac]

For once, I agree with you. When a company goes under, it's natural selection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection). The economy is kind of like Darwin's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin) theory of evolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution). The fittest survive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_fittest) and pass on their 'traits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait_(biology))' (or business practices) that are more successful, while the weaker die off.

It's not the government's job to bail out companies that weren't good enough.

[Severus Snape]

Who's going to bail out the government? The government is probably the largest failing corporation right now.

[Bluesman]

WOW... for once I'm not the one who no one agrees with!