We understand both sides of the controversy over a $700 billion bailout bill that has apparently been revived in Congress.
We don't know many people who say that the corporations that will benefit deserve a nickel of the taxpayers' money to rescue them from a fate of their own making.
Rep. Dean Heller's response echoes those of most Nevadans, who believe that our recent troubles are the corollary of great risk brings great reward. Without some repercussion, where is the risk for those receiving these rewards?
On the other hand, we're all plugged into the stock market in one way or another whether through government investment or pension plans or some other means.
A stock market crash would cost each of us, just as bailing out the financial market would. That leaves us without much in the way of options.
A narrow majority of the House of Representatives voted against their leadership to reject the deal on Monday. A new effort is in the works, hopefully with some safeguards for public money.
Our economy is so knotted together that it's hard to untangle one string without tangling another.
One thing we do know is that this crisis, like the ones before it, will pass.
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