re: Would We Have Been Better Off If The Gov't Let The Banks Bottom Out, Not Bailing Em Out?

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Seems to me that a lot of tax paying dollars went into bailing out the banks

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Bailout isn't really correct, they were more like loans. The government recouped every dollar and made roughly $15billion in profit. There was collateral in the form of equity in the companies receiving money. Once the payments were made and the stock was sold it worked out well.

Same with Auto Industry, would have allowed them to write new contracts instead of folks sitting at Union halls still getting paid!