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It depends on your definition. The bank itself wasn't bailed out, but the customers and other banks were. The FDIC was expanded from 250k to infinity and the Fed created BTFP, which allows banks to borrow against their treasuries (which had declined dramatically in value). This all comes at the cost of the general public.


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