WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CONGRESS' $700-BILLION BAILOUTPLAN?

Last week's GlobeSt.com Quick Poll asked readers abouttheir reactions to Congress approving the $700-billion bailoutpackage. Nearly half the respondents indicated that the bailout"stuck it to the American taxpayer," while 23% said the actionderailed any private-sector solution and 29% said the bailout camejust in time because there was no other way out. Howard Taft,managing director with the Miami office of Cohen Financial, says anargument could be made for all three reactions to the plan. Heshares his thoughts on the poll and the bailout's effect oncommercial real estate:

"I think in this instance, all three effects are [present] inthe current market today. I think more banks would have failed [hadit not been approved] and we would have had a quicker meltdown,like what happened last week in the stock market.