How should we pay for the bailout the various Wall St. scammers?

[yurbud]

Pretty straightforward question:

[Warpy]

1. Pay per view cage matches

between bought Congressmen and the rich men who bought them.

The winner lives to fight another day.

Keep it up until the debts are all paid off.

[Fresh_Start]

2. raise corporate taxes to fund the inevitable bailouts

may as well have a corporate tax similar to individuals Social Security tax to pay for their future benefits

[FSogol]

3. 45% "Freedom Tax" on every CEO making over 5 million. n/t

[leftofthedial]

4. nationalize oil, financial markets, health care and all defense-related industries.

the occupation of iraq would end within minutes.

[yurbud]

8. I think we just did the first

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Other: End (or reverse) every law passed by the GOP since Reagan. n/t

[yurbud]

9. I would add that to "all of the above"

[elifino]

6. None of the above

Where in the constitution does it give anyone the authority to obligate the taxpayer to purchase/bailout or manage a private business. The government can regulate but not own a business.

elifino

[yurbud]

10. We've done it many times since Chrysler in the 80s.

[Vickers]

7. Garnish all holdings of any senior executives of the failed companies.

Over the last 10 years.

Houses, belongings, accounts, the whole fucking shebang. Clean 'em out. Put 'em in the pokey.

[yurbud]

13. I agree

[Selatius]

11. Let them fail and restart the fucking WPA to put Americans back to work.

The first big project for the WPA: Reconstruction of the Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi coast lines following the devastating left behind by storms like Katrina.

[VeggieTart]

12. If the taxpayers have to bail them out...

The taxpayers should get back the profit.

But I wouldn't cry if I saw the people responsible for this mess--the CEOs and anyone who gave them fat pay plans while letting the workers starve--breaking rocks in the hot sun.