ZitatOn Capitol Hill, conservative Republicans denounced the administration's move away from free-market principles.
"At this point, Congress is being asked to support an uncertain entity, costing an uncertain amount of dollars, for an uncertain duration -- a decision that will have implications for generations to come and requires absolute certainty," said Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), a leader of House conservatives.
"My fear is that taxpayers will be left with the mother of all debts."
ZitatRobert E. Litan, a Treasury official with the Clinton administration who is now a senior analyst with the Brookings Institution, said the new plan seemed to invite banks and securities firms to dump their very worst assets on the government with no clear way for Washington to get rid of them.
"What they're going to get is the financial equivalent of radioactive waste," he warned.
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Das wird ein Fass ohne Boden, ein Schwarzes Loch. Die Banken werden geradezu eingeladen, die noch so kleinsten Risiken beim Steuerzahler abzuladen. Dieser Plan ist lediglich ein weiterer Bank-Bailout - nichts anderes.