美国股市：亿万救市谁买单?
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After weeks of spectacular financial failures and unprecedented bailouts, President George W. Bush said broad government action is needed to stop the bleeding.
"Given the precarious state of today's financial market and their vital importance to the daily life of the American people, government intervention is not only warranted, it is essential."
The US government has pledged $29 billion to prop up Bear Stearns, $200 billion for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the $85 billion loan to crippled insurer AIG. And there is more to come. Now the US is rushing to forge a comprehensive plan to takeover Wall Street's massive debts, tide the mounting failures in the subprime mortgage market. According to treasury secretary Henry Paulson the cost will be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
"This needs to be big enough to make a really difference and get at the heart of the problem."
Clyde Prestowitz of the Economic Strategy Institute worked in the Reagan-administration.
"Secretary Paulson and President Bush did not want to bail out AIG, did not want to bail out Bear Stearns, did not want to takeover Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as though that they did, the fact they did suggested that they were scared to death."
Next week congress weighs in on funding these plans.
"A number of conservative Republican congressman are raising objections and serious questions about the government takeovers and bailouts. And so whether ultimately this will all they fundedis another big question mark."
Bush said it was improtant that congress pass legislation quickly without adding on controversial provision that could delay action. Paulson said the rescue plan was the best long run hope of saving tax payers' money and that the alternative would have been far worse.
Deborah Lutterbeck Reuters.
