Such a bailout would have cost an estimated $500 billion or more, and the main beneficiaries would have included big financial firms. Was there any realistic chance that such a measure would have passed Congress before there was blood in the streets?
这样的救助行动可能会花费约五千亿美元甚至更多，而最重要的受益人就包括大型金融公司。有没有这样一种可能——在外面的世界血流成河之前国会就已经通过了这样的措施？