Did you bail out OR get a bailout?

This point has come up before, but apparently it needs mentioning again. It is important to recognize the difference between verb and noun forms of similar words. Here is a good example from Gary Bauer's "Campaign for Working Families; End of Day Report" for May 20, 2009. In it, he made the following comment:

“Sadly, it is far more likely that the people of Texas, Oklahoma, Alaska, North Carolina and elsewhere will be taxed to bailout California’s failed experiment in Big Government.”

Whoops! "Bailout" is the NOUN form, as in, "That bank just got another bailout." What Mr. Bauer needed was the VERB form because he was placing it after "to" to create an infinitive phrase. He should have written:

“Sadly, it is far more likely that the people of Texas, Oklahoma, Alaska, North Carolina and elsewhere will be taxed to bail out California’s failed experiment in Big Government.”