Well the answer to that question is actually both of them in a way! Both parties have come to an agreement on what shoud be done to bailout AIG and open up lending for our banks! That's the good news! The bad....well, of course there is some battle going on about how to protect the taxpayers. The Republicans in the house are holding out for some legislation that protects the taxpayers. i.e.,,,,financial institutions want to borrow, they pay back with interest! We (taxpayers) hold the lien on the financial institutions! To put it in a nutsell. Would you buy anything where you didn't receive either a title or a bill of sale? HECK NO!!! In my humble opinion, the latter is the only way!! We still get the bailout, which we MUST have, but we should absolutely, positively be reimbursed WITH INTEREST for our contributions to the bailout!
It is certainly scary times, but I do believe that we are actually on the road to recovery! You have to clean up the messy diaper to get to the butt cheeks!! We are cleaning up that diaper right now and I, for one, can see the market rebounding within a minimum of 6 months- 1 year!