Taxpayers should have stake in bailout

With the news that the government is planning to buy bank shares in a continued attempt to stabilize the economy, some outside the box thinking is needed to ease the burden of the American taxpayer who is footing the bill.

What the government should do is to divide the shares equally among all of the tax filers of 2007; whether they paid tax, received a refund, or had a 0 on the tax owed line.

Thus, the tax filers would receive personal shares in the banks they are helping to rescue and have a personal stake in the recovery of the economy and also reap the benefits when the economy does recover.

Bob Kusek

Arlington Heights