Let it tank? I don't know about you, but I rather risk a failed bail out then have 30+% unemployment, and a recession turn into a depression. Sure it might recover, but by the time it happens on it's own, we will all be dead. The government will have to spend either way, while I support the bailout for future preservation, I think all the head people should be fired from their jobs with no bonuses for any company that had to take a bailout.