If the Democrats and Republicans really cared they would have just given the cash to the people to buy cigarettes, whiskey, PORN and Chevrolets with.
Last October when the Democrats and Republicans voted for this, they did even though 90% of Americans wanted NO bailout.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/...a/02voters.php
International Herald Tribune - Oct 2, 2008
Before the House rejected the bailout on Monday, 90 percent of those who called and sent e-mail messages opposed the bailout, said a spokesman, Sean Brown. ...