If you were alive during the late-80s/early 90s, you probably played the awesome game Lawn Darts. You grab some large, metal-tipped flying objects, throw a target out there, and fire away.
Unfortunately, it sounds like the Department of Treasury is playing Lawn Darts with the bailout. Check out this quote from Forbes.com:
That makes me feel really good about this thing getting voted down. It's about time congress stood up to blank checks.In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.
"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."
