$140 billion for GE:

It appears that GE Capital will participate in the federal government’s debt-guarantee program, under which the government stands to back as much as $139 billion of the company’s debt through the middle of 2009. GE thereby becomes the first company with meaningful industrial operations to join Uncle Sam’s latest program.

GE, of course, owns NBC and MSDNC. Of note, Keith Olbermann just signed a multi-million dollar contract extension. Shouldn’t GE’s highest paid employees, like Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, be under the same scrutiny as the bankers and their bonuses?

I propose that MSDNC’s millionaire talking heads have the same conditions put on them as any other employee of a company that is getting bailout loot.