> I believe this situation shows a basic divide between conservative and liberal viewpoints where conservatives look at this situation and believe it's only inv

> I believe this situation shows a basic divide between conservative and liberal viewpoints where conservatives look at this situation and believe it's only involving the shareholders and execs making the agreement where liberals look at it and see it as agreement between two people that is affecting everyone around them and society. I'd probably call it more a difference between a libertarian viewpoint than a conservative one. And IMO, as soon as you stipulate that they are "making the losses public when society has to come in and help support the safety net for a bunch of employees who just got shafted.", then you'll probably get agreement from most libertarians that this is a lose lose situation. And I tend to agree - if the government is bailing companies out, it can definitely impose conditions on it.