The Best and Worst Bailed-Out Banks

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Something needs to be done about all the unlimited overdraft fees and other monthly fees charged to bank accounts with UNDER $2500 in accounts!!! People who have ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT IN THE BANK are being PUNISHED FOR DOING SO. We have to put food on our table and gas in our cars on a daily basis to go to work. . . I feel this is totally UNFAIR TO ALL LOW-INCOME/MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS THAT ARE STRUGGLING EVERY DAY TO GET BUY AND KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. THE BANKS ARE "STEALING" OUR MONEY ON A DAILY BASIS. We all need to stand up and say something to our government officials in regard to this and also fight back the banks by filing small claims with banks to return our money to our accounts. Start pulling your funds out of banks that do this and make it known you will not tolerate same ANYMORE!!!!

Carrie of NJ 7:52PM February 11, 2010

Something needs to be done about all the unlimited overdraft fees and other monthly fees charged to bank accounts with UNDER $2500 in accounts!!! People who have ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT IN THE BANK are being PUNISHED FOR DOING SO. We have to put food on our table and gas in our cars on a daily basis to go to work. . . I feel this is totally UNFAIR TO ALL LOW-INCOME/MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS THAT ARE STRUGGLING EVERY DAY TO GET BUY AND KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. THE BANKS ARE "STEALING" OUR MONEY ON A DAILY BASIS. We all need to stand up and say something to our government officials in regard to this and also fight back the banks by filing small claims with banks to return our money to our accounts. Start pulling your funds out of banks that do this and make it known you will not tolerate same ANYMORE!!!!

Carrie of NJ 7:51PM February 11, 2010

This comment is a reflection of my thoughts. As I read, listened, and heard some of the past and current news about our wonderful COUNTRY, I think to myself “What a Big Mess We Have!”
Like most Native Americans, including some legal residents that make up the “HARD WORKING MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS,” (HWMCA), I cannot visualize a better future in this country.
Billions of dollars went toward the rich Corporations. Billions of dollars went towards the War(s). Billions continue to go towards the “Health Care Industries.”
However, We the (HWMCA) have to work even harder. We (HWMCA) must miss-out on most of our children successes or even their failures. We, (HWMCA) have to struggle to make ends meet. We, (HWMCA) have to watch our great Nation continue to fall under. We, (HWMCA) must adjust to our moral decline. We, (HWMCA) must accept some ridiculous decision made by our Bureaucrats. We, (HWMCA) have to accept facing foreclosure because many businesses have closed. We, (HWMCA) have to listen to lies from individual we thought we could trust whom we placed into political office. We, (HWMCA) have to accept the vast responsibility of the medical crisis. We, (HWMCA) must maintain our sanity in order for this world to continue. We, (HWMCA) must live with the greed and our materialistic values. We, (HWMCA) must compromise with paying utility bills or being late on car loan payment. We, (HWMCA) must maintain sanity for our children sake. We, (HWMCA) have to stay in debt into we can be bailed out, “laugh.” We, (HWMCA) must work over-time, if it is available, to pay the mortgage. We (HWMCA) have to work two and three jobs to support our families, which still is not enough. We, (HWMCA) have to accept that our homes are worth one-half of what we purchased for it.
Nevertheless, without us (HWMCA), this world would be non-functioning, non-manageable, non-principal, non-worthy, and non-aspiring, non-imaginable, unfulfilled, and unsustainable.
When can we, HARD WORKING MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS, get a bail out, or even just an “out?”
This comment is not to offend, hurt, trouble, or irritate anyone. It is only a comment. I hope that the HWMCA can still have something, call “freedom of speech.”
Thanks.

HWMCA of FL 12:27PM December 04, 2009

I drive a 2003 Dodge Ram 2500, 4 door with a diesel. It averages 19mpg in town and 25mpg on the highway. It is 6 years old has 141k miles and one of the best vehicles I have ever driven.
No problems here.

Kendale of TX 7:39AM May 11, 2009

I would have to agree with Steve. This is a competitive economy, if US manufacturers are unable to compete they should be out of business or they need to be restructured. Interestingly enough a significant portion of parts manufactured by Chrysler are made in Mexico and Canada. At the same time a lot of asian manufacturers have factories here in the US. The whole patriotic argument when it comes to multinational corporations is very vague.

Yury Issaev of AK 2:09PM May 10, 2009

US News created these lists a few days ago. Not sure why it's so hard to find them. I hope it's not to hide any differences from their lists to the official ones.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/flowchart/2009/05/05/banks-least-likely-to-pay-back-bailout-funds.html
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/flowchart/2009/05/05/banks-most-likely-to-pay-back-bailout-funds.html

Peter Ly of CA 12:38PM May 10, 2009

As a consumer who has been driving since the 1960's, I have owned both foreign and domestic automobiles and trucks. Now the closest I get to owning an American car is a Ford Contour. Every year, American engines get more horsepower and worse MPG. You cannot buy an American small engine that performs like those of Toyota, Nissan and Volkswagen. I loved the Datsun Li'l Hustler and Toyota Hi-Lux pickups trucks of the early 1970's. They were perfect for the homeowner who needed to move a bedroom dresser or haul some bags of mulch and you got mileage in the low thirties. Now, every truck must be big and macho. My F-150 was solidly built but I never got better than 17MPG with it's straight six. There's no excuse for that. I've yet to drive any domestic vehicle that has the same feel and reliability as the comparable foreign model I would buy. Am I anti-American? No, but I am a consumer. My money needs to give me the best vehicle for my money. I wish an American car could do it, but it hasn't for 4 or 5 decades. People who run the big car factories are out of touch with what the ordinary person wants and needs and what they can pay for it.

Steve Krause of IN 9:06AM May 10, 2009

Its people like you that have this country in the state that it is in. Your promotion of foreign cars is disgusting! Your points were baseless and contained no real data. Did you get money from the foreign manufacturers for that?

Colin Dyer of CA 10:32AM May 08, 2009

Your headline was misleading I could get NO list even though I tried tree times. I am seriouly coosidering cancelling my subscription to your magazine after over 50 years as a subscriber.

Robert Sauer of IN 7:28PM May 06, 2009