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WhaleBiologist
on Jan 22, 2013
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Banks got retarded amounts of taxpayer money because of "too big to fail"
arethuza
on Jan 22, 2013
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I don't think the banks got bailed out because of the impact of their employees suddenly being out of work, but because of the huge impact of not having a functioning banking sector would have on the wider economy and society in general.
gawker
on Jan 22, 2013
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You would probably lose more than just a few banks if they didn't get some sort of money. The financial markets need confidence to survive as well.
chris_wot
on Jan 22, 2013
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I appreciate you illustrating my point.
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