Sir;...When you rob a child's piggy bank you have a victim and a criminal. You can send the criminal to jail and there is some justice. When you have a fraction of the people legally using the economic system to rob the people of America of their rights and of their futures, and of everything they have a right to expect from government and society such as social security and public health care, then all those who are injured could not be made whole if they sent the criminals to hell a hundred times. This money they are asking the country for, is on top of the countless trillions they have sucked out of our hides through interest, and outrageous demands for ever higher levels of profit. Have they bitten off more than they can chew because a pliable government allowed them to make hogs of themselves? So efen what? You can't get blood from a corpse unless the government digs us up and finds a way to resurrect us. They have buried the whole country under a mountain of debt. Are we supposed to believe that since we had no choice, that it was good for us?... Where is the happy man who needs credit, and where is the happy man that must pay interest? They have had the world of their dreams, and want it still. Now they can all drop dead for all I care, because I have already given them my pound of flesh, and they are not getting it twice if I have an ounce of influence. They are criminals in a criminal system. There is no good in it. There is only greed...Thanks,,, Sweeney

Mr. Hightower, just catching up on some of my favorite reads, your way with words never fails to delight me. In my little corner of Texas, we are cleaning up from the second hurricane to hit the Gulf in less than 6 weeks. Gustav and Ike. Experiencing Ike was scary. The longest, strongest storm of my lifetime. Luckily, I and my neighbors were mostly inconvenienced. Damage yes, but fixable. No power, no water, no generator. Inconvenient, not life altering. I don't have to tell you, not only are insurance companies taking big financial hits, but so are we because insurance doesn't pay for a lot of our damages and losses. It's all out of pocket and by the way, they'd prefer cash. This manmade storm caused by out of control Wall Street and politician's in the pockets of corporate lobbyist's is life-altering. The men and people entrusted with checks and balance of the economy need to be held accountable, fined, and jailed. They created a storm from which America and the world will be cleaning up from for a very long time. They sell hurricane insurance, anyone know where I can purchase insurance against greedy slackers? If this bailout is passed we are all going to need some.