Bailout Price Tag: $3.5T So Far...

finance.yahoo.com — The bailout bonanza has gotten so big and happened so fast it's the true cost often gets lost in the discussion. Maybe Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke prefer it that way because the tally so far is nearly $3.5 trillion, and that's before a likely handout for the auto industry. $3.5 trillion is about 25% of the U.S. economy ($13.8 trillion in 2007) Nov 12, 2008 View in Crawl 4