You are probably right Deber but I don’t see that Obama has better options.  The size and market dominance of corporations was once controlled. Conservatives pulled regulation oversight so they were free to make all the moves that enriched an elite few with policies that led to the economic collapse.  They were also permitted fantastic growth so that they became too big to fail.  That is, they are so huge and so ingrained in the economic fabric that if they fall, the whole economy goes with them.  So, we have to bail the SOBs out.  It may not work but it’s certain that doing nothing won’t work.  The hope is that by shoring these mega companies up and injecting stimulus money into the economy, jobs and investments will come back.  Obama is trying hard to steer this stimulus money into long neglected infastructure projects and also trying to reform systems like health care that have become horridly wasteful but very rewarding for parasites such as the insurance companies that have too much input into and take too much profit from the system. 

It’s unfortunate that Bush turned his back on Afghanistan, al Qaeda, and the Taliban but he did, and he spent us into incredible debt to gain the PNAC’s dream of controlling Iraq.  So, the Muslim extremists that hate the West and have no compulsions about killing even their own people in their fanatacism, are still strong and active.  They have to be stopped.  It’s not just the safety of the Pakistani and Afghan people at stake.  Our securtiy is at stake, especially with a weak government in Pakistan with its nuclear capacity. That’s another thing Bush did wrong.  He pushed Musharif too hard and may have contributed to his downfall. He was no jewel but had more authority and control over the Pakistan army than those in government now. So we have to pay now and add onto the horrendous debt the previous administration ran up even in view of liklihood of future pain.  Otherwise, we are guaranteed to suffer even more economic collapse now and increasing threat from terrorists that are still strong since we focused our war and resources on the wrong nation.