I thought he changed his mind, but maybe I am mixing him up with another yakker.
As far as I know, he wanted the bailout so folks would have time to prepare for the coming DOOOOM. I reckon I coulda missed him changing his mind, but he had tons of folks on saying the bailout was lousy, and he always agreed but wanted it anyhow so our devolution into the Road Warrior setting would be slow instead of abrupt.
Freegards