Check out this story from US News: The Biggest Bailout

The Federal Reserve extended an $85 billion loan to American International Group to be paid back as AIG sells off some business in the biggest government takeover so far in the ongoing credit crisis.
And don’t miss her now legendary “Let’s Play Wallstreet Bail-Out” speech, given September 22, 2008 on the floor of the House of Representatives says it all. Click on More for the complete transcript.

Ms Katur has since gone on to initiate legislation to actually fix the United States’ financial system as opposed to just putting a pricy bandaid on it. See: October 1, 2008: Kaptur and DeFazio Propose the No BAILOUTS Act

“We want a good bill, not a fast bill. We want a bill that will really work,” said Kaptur, the senior-most woman in the House.

Bob and I were very impressed with Dennis when we campaigned for him on Maui in October of 2003 and have championed him ever since. We found him articulate, warm and extremely well-read. Most importantly, he is passionate about the issues at the top of our list, namely stopping the war, healthcare, the take-over of our economy by global corporations and a skyrocketing national debt.

Dennis Kucinich is a politician who does not flip flop. As a result, he is considered unelectable and is generally overlooked by the press and dismissed by the taxpayers he champions. Read more about this courageous man on Wikipedia.

Here is a sample highlight from his rousing speech:

Wake up America, the insurance companies took over health care.

Wake up America, the pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing.

Wake up America, the speculators took over Wall Street.

Wake up America, they want to take your Social Security.

Wake up America, multinational corporations took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs lost.

We get very excited when someone gets up and says what needs to be said. I hope America is listening!