Care to back that up?

I didn't care for the bailouts, if I had a say I wouldn't have had bail outs for the banks or the auto companies. I don't get all misty eyed for people who foreclosed due to subprime ARM's on houses they couldn't afford.

I think history will show that most of the TARP money and other government overstepping in the financial market will get repaid, with interest. I don't think they should have done this in the first place, but at least I don't think it was tax dollars down the drain.

Lets not forget that TARP never purchased troubled assets. They provided capital instead. Five of the major receipients have already paid Uncle Sam back: J.P. Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street.

Don't expect to even get a percentage of the principle back from the automakers. This was a huge expense that our kids and our kids kids will have to pay for.