Editor: Bailout leaves taxpayers in the dark

We know the federal government has approved a $700 billion bailout plan to help financial institutions. But Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball says we don’t know what any of these banks or institutions are doing with the money. “With all the taxpayer money we’re promising and all the debts we’re erasing to escape this financial crisis, we’d better get cracking on the bailout of the financial mess we’re leaving behind for our children,” Ball says. Read his column here. Send comments to editors@businessreport.com.