$7 Trillion Government Bailout

I have heard many commentators talk about "$7 trillion" of government bailouts. This is much different that the $700 billion TARP bailout that was voted on in Congress.

For more details, read this article by our friends at CNN.com.

You can see that our Federal Government has been busy guaranteeing debt in multiple industries. Many people think that we will get much of this "investment" back.