Directly NO
Indirectly YES (Because the people elected by the citizens of USE were the ones who created this bailout plan)
Much of it is still evolving. Suggest you review wikipedia under bailout plan.
The bailout was passed by the House of Representatives and signed into law by the president on Friday October 3, 2008.
In the House: 263 Yeas and 171 Nays. In the Senate: 74 Yeas and 25 Nays. Adding links to full list of votes.
Congress says 700 billion dollars, but no one knows for sure.
It will solve the economic crisis that has affected the US and the whole world
Henry (Hank) Paulson is the Treasury Secretary of the United States. He was formerly the CEO of Goldman Sachs. The massive $700 billion dollar bailout is his plan to help save the failing banks and lending institutions in the United States.
If the bailout package is able to successfully revive the US economy then the US government should cut spending on the bailout. But some financial experts feel this 700 billion may not be sufficient. If what they predict becomes true then the government would have to pump in more cash into the bailout package. This bailout cannot be left in midway because the future of the world and US economy lies predominantly on this bailout and people are hoping that this works out successful.
For Vietnam, that wasn't a bail out; that was defense spending. And US tax payers pay for everything.
The bailout did not get through Congress, but no, the money would come from the US taxpayers. Update: The bailout did pass, and the money is coming from the Treasury and Federal Reserve. This could be argued to suggest the money is coming from the taxpayers.
minus the 50 and you got $700 million because the legislature didn't want to go pass it.
The bill that was defeated in the Senate was a 14 billion dollar rescue plan for the automakers. The President has no power to overrule a bill that is defeated in Congress. The 17.4 billion dollar assistance to the automakers will be a low interest loan drawn from the 700 billion "bail out" fund already passed by both Houses in October.
Because our free market has failed, our republic has failed, and the will of the people is ignored by a corrupt government.