When Is Enough, Enough?

The "Wall Street Journal" has just reported that "The U.S. Treasury Department is considering taking equity stakes in insurance companies, a sign of how the government's $700 billion program has become a potential piggybank for a range of troubled industries. The availability of government cash is drawing requests from all corners, with insurance firms, auto makers, state governments and transit agencies lobbying for a piece of Treasury's pie. While Treasury intended for the program to apply broadly, the growing requests could rapidly deplete the $700 billion, an amount that initially stunned many as being quite large."