George, Obama did,however, address those bonuses and made one CEO step down, and at least talks about giving tax breaks and concessisions to those who don't outsource, hire American, and not bite the hand that feeds them. President Bush did just give them the money needed. It took an ABC news report for his adminstration to even notice that the car manufacturers came to beg for money in private jets, one each, not even carpooling in one jet. I believe the financial part is necessary, but somebody has to at least address the issue that brought us to point.