When did this capitalist country go socialist on me? A company fails, people lose money.... business is a gamble. Usually it's smaller companies with less of a global impact than a huge bank. Heard on the news last night there's possibly some reasons involving poor bookkeeping. Just my opinion but if they're setting themselves up for failure by doing this, why should anyone stop them from going under.
If this bailout passes, the value of the US dollar will drop lower than anyone alive will likely remember.