The basic equation of capitalism is with risk comes reward. Without risk, capitalism doesn’t work. We need risk. We need failure. We need to expect failure. We need to accept failure. We need to let failure happen.

Warning: The following could be considered a rant. Those of you who read this blog for the dry, thoughtful, “just the facts” tone of my posts may want to look away.

My problem with the auto bail out (on top of my problems with bail outs in general) is that the companies are not financially viable – and they’re not viable for a reason. Everyone who has anything to do with them has a sense of entitlement.