From Llewellyn Rockwell in this piece: "If the money is used to prop up failing companies, that's particularly bad since it is an attempt to override market realities, an attempt that is about as successful as trying to repeal gravity by throwing things up in the air."
然而,对该计划200亿美元的援助承诺严重束缚了财政部金融救助计划的手脚,除非财政部向国会申请动用总额7,000亿美元救助计划中第二批总值3,500亿美元的拨款。加上周二承诺的200亿美元,财政部目前已经动用了首批3,500亿美元拨款中的3,300亿美元,其中包括向银行业注资2,500亿美元,向美国国际集团(American International Group Inc., AIG)提供的400亿美元援助以及对花旗集团(Citigroup Inc., C)的200亿美元注资。