“Not at all. I was hoping they would fight that thing until the end and shut it down completely. I don't feel that taxpayers should be bailing out the intensely greedy people who got us there in the first place.”

— Bryce Benson, sales representative, Parkville, Mo.

“I'm not really that relieved. I think there's a lot more financial trouble on the way.”

— Joel Sauerwein, Kansas University senior, Lawrence

“I think it's money wasted, money that was made on the backs of taxpayers going to the fat cats in finance. They should have known better, but they screwed up, and we have to pay for it.”

— Mary Wilson, teacher, Lawrence

“Not at all unless they got rid of the pork barrel attached to it. That was ridiculous.”

— Steve Smith, retired, Overland Park