AIG too big to fail? What are the arguments for new anti-trust laws?

[Cant trust em]

If we're going to have to keep using tax payer funds to bail out banks/insurance groups, doesn't it stand to reason that we need to create some new legislation to make sure that we don't get to this point again?

What are some of the things being talked about out there?

[kentuck]

1. Good question.

How can we keep bailing them out?

[spanone]

2. the goal now will be to have a company that's 'too big to fail'

[AngryAmish]

4. If you are too big to fail, you are too big

Back in the day the japanese banks were the largest in the world. They were not allowed to fail when their real estate bubble burst. Japan never recpvered from that.

It seems we did not learn.

[AndyA]

3. That's an excellent point. It's obvious changes need to be made,

as these companies have demonstrated they can't be trusted to manage their businesses properly.

Regulations and oversight must be implemented, and corporations that are "too big to fail" must be broken up so they aren't such a potential threat.