No they should not. Bear Stearns is probably a good deal in the long run, but present value is present value. Bear Sterns got a government bailout to keep existing. Which means they were so poor and shoddy, they could not get any funding from the private sector.
It is a free marketplace for business. It's called capitalism. A business that fails is allowed to fail. Businesses that do not make it, do not get welfare.
