Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion

Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion - Eamon Javers - POLITICO.com: "A series of bailouts, bank rescues and other economic lifelines could end up costing the federal government as much as $23 trillion, the U.S. government’s watchdog over the effort says – a staggering amount that is nearly double the nation’s entire economic output for a year."