Found this in my Google Reader this morning. An excellent summary of the credit crisis for laymen.

I'm nervous about this bailout. I understand the impacts of a loss of credit to the market - but I too want some payback for the $5k-6k in taxes I'm going to pay to bail out US AND INTERNATIONAL firms who are handing out golden parachutes left and right.

Part of me swings liberatarian on this, but the stakes are too high to not act I suppose. I also know that large, sweeping legislation passed hasitly (Patriot Act, anyone?) often has huge unintended consequences.