Originally Posted by
BAMF
Except once the banks pay back the bailouts, the government no longer has a say in anything. This is evidenced, of course, by the banks who have paid back the loans being left alone to do as they please. Kinda like how if you take a loan from a private establishment, they get to set terms for the life of the loan. And once the loan is over all those terms dissapear.
So, again, cite me something tangible. So far you've made broad sweeping generalizations which have amounted to little more than irrational fear due to being misinformed.
How can our government loan money it doesn't have? They are using our childrens Taxes ( that haven't even been collected yet). Also the bailout payback money isn't going back into the treasury. It's being used to fund more programs. This is where it goes..
Funneling dollars back into the TARP, rather than putting them in the Treasury's general coffer, has two advantages. For one, it keeps the money on hand in case banks need another bailout. That's a plus since it would be politically difficult for Geithner to ask Congress for more bailout money.