The Bailout is a Bad Idea

Is the bailout a good idea? On what would you spend $1 trillion or more on, bailing out Wall Street or helping Main Street? See:

• New York Times Op-Ed Columnist
  Cash for Trash
  Henry Paulson is demanding extraordinary power for himself to deploy taxpayers’ money on behalf of a plan that, as far as I can see, doesn’t make sense.
• Robert Reich's Blog
  The Bailout of All Bailouts is a Bad Idea
• Select articles:
  Paulson Bailout Plan Is Either `Worst' Approach or 'Giant Step'
  America’s economy risks mother of all meltdowns