Because a Republican administration began the bailouts, many Republicans have endorsed them—grudgingly, queasily and with uneasy consciences. It is, however, probable that some Democrats relish this eruption of government into finance and industry. It serves the left’s agenda of expanding the scope of politics by multiplying the forms of dependency on government. Hence liberalism’s enthusiasm for enriching the menu of entitlements; hence liberalism’s promotion of equality by making more groups and entities equally dependent on government.