“The horrors of rich people not getting bailed out”

  • Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Yeah I feel like even as propagandized Americans are everyone pretty much knows bailing out everyone in 08 was a massive mistake and we should never do it again.

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      I saw Jamie Dimon’s name in a headline the other day that wasn’t about a jail sentence or an obituary. It’s incredible his name still has purchase in the world of economics.

    • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      “But they paid back those loans with interest” - my mother

      Yea turns out when instead of punishing a company for taking everybody’s money you give them a couple billion dollars of free money they can figure out how to make the 1.25% interest payments none of us would ever get.