Woe is me

Almost every pundit and politician who has weighed in on the upcoming bailout has made the point that we may recoup the money, or even make some when the govt sells the things they are going to buy, but there is no guarantee. Apparently poor poor Congress is powerless to change that fact. Poor impotent Congress, the body that is WRITING the legislation of the bailout, can't guarantee we will get the money back. The people writing the legislation are powerless to put things in it that everyone would desperately want in, from the way they talk. If only someone who could do so would put in language to require companies or banks that sell bad debt to the govt agree, should they survive and continue making money, to reimburse the govt if the govt loses money when it sells them. If only we could make such guarantees, cry the lawmakers and powerful media figures, but alas we are all powerless to guarantee anything about recouping the money.