We would all be on the hook, since we pay for the government.
If 38 Studios fails, Rhode Island taxpayers will be on the hook for the loan plus interest.
However, if evidence surfaces that connects him to the payments directly, then he could be on the hook.
If the defaults continue to increase, "the taxpayer is going to be on the hook for losses, " he added.
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Euro-zone members and the International Monetary Fund would also be on the hook if Greece repudiated its bail-out loans.
Because these plans do not guarantee specific payouts in retirement, employers cannot be on the hook for future benefit gaps.
We think THQ will likely be on the hook for significant price protection as a result of the weak sell-through.
"Everyone complains about the TSA, but nobody really wants to be on the hook for getting it wrong, " he said.
Whatever the final number, it looks like BP is going to be on the hook for most of the tab.
In the meantime America's government could be on the hook for plenty more cash if it allows Chrysler to survive.
Five people close to Bitar are backing his bail commitments and will be on the hook if he does not honor the deal.
It set new rules so that taxpayers would never again be on the hook for a bailout if a big financial company went under.
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Companies marketing credit card loss protection insurance use scare tactics making you think you would be on the hook for all those fraudulent charges.
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Thus, theoretically, an investor who only received interest could be on the hook for that amount and more, in addition to their loss of principal.
If so, lawyers advising corporations would potentially be on the hook.
SolarCity would be on the hook if those panels do not perform as anticipated over their 25-year life and their manufacturers have gone out of business.
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If that happened, the Court noted, the IRS would be on the hook for even more money in refunds from tax preparers seeking to recover unnecessary fees.
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If Bank of America acquired Countrywide and assumed its liabilities, it would be on the hook for claims from companies that had previously conducted business with Countrywide.
Although those figures have likely changed as the bill has been modified, the message is the same: The government-sponsored mortgage buyers would be on the hook for a hefty sum of money.
What is clear, however, is that the taxpayer will be on the hook for at least a quarter of the International Seabed Authority's annual operating budget, our tithe under the UN formula.
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After that, federal cost-sharing will decline slightly, but still will remain at 90 percent from 2020 forward (although states would be on the hook for half of any additional administrative costs).
Under the False Claims Act, if Armstrong and others are found to have violated the act, they could be on the hook for triple the amount of the total paid under the contract.
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What this means is that whatever fines and damages BP et al ends up paying as a result of civil litigation, it could be on the hook for double that amount after a criminal trial.
So, if Romney as he now claims was not CEO of Bain Capital in 2000 and the GST CEO invested in the company stock, Romney could be on the hook to pay damages to that GST investor and all the others who bought GST stock in 2000.
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It was absolutely just as important to push through Wall Street reform to ensure that the kinds of things that led to the great recession, that led to the near collapse of our financial markets, could not happen again, and that taxpayers would not be on the hook when institutions failed.
Whether or not Gordon Brown's Treasury had an excessively optimistic view of the budget deficit, he certainly severely underestimated the degree to which Her Majesty's Government would be on the hook if Britain's world-beating financial system got into trouble: The financial sector bailouts account for eight percentage points of the overshoot in our debt.
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In Diebold's case, like many others, his 401(k) plan appears to be contractually on the hook for any decline in the value of collateral received in exchange for the securities it lent out.
Under the likely legislation you would be at greater risk of being on the hook if your organization violates rules.
Look at it from another point of view: an independent Scotland should want to be clear how much it is on the hook if the rest of the UK has another financial crisis, and comes to its northern currency partner for a big bail-out.
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