We've Given Trillions to the Super Rich -- There Are Many Better Uses for Your Money

By Matt Bivens, Tomdispatch.com
Posted on October 5, 2009, Printed on October 5, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/143074/

There are many possible responses to the news that we have committed more than four trillion public dollars to Wall Street.

Mine is a roar of admiration.

Four trillion dollars! Holy hell! I didn't even know that was possible!

U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

After all, the cost of World War II in inflation-adjusted dollars was $4 trillion. This bailout thing is just getting started, and already we've burned through that.