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

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The bailouts could have been handled differently than they were. I'm typically very fiscally conservative and want very little government regulation where I put my money, BUT I'm all for the government watching over these guy's shoulders. Too much was risked with the old ways of doing things.

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This bears repeating.

To explain it further for TFIS, the federal state is already heavily intertwined with the financial services industry as is.