Sunday 23 March 2014

What is the bailout of banks?

What is the bailout of banks?
If you are asking about the Sept 2008 bank bailout, here is the answer.
Bush administration wants to pay more than the price a pool of mortgages is worth on the open market.
This is in esssence a gift to bankers. Think of a mutual fund or stock you have bought and lost money on the investment. The banks and stock brokers made bad investments on sub-prime mortgages, and now want the taxpayers to give them free money to bail them out. If that happens, why doesn't the government give you a check to bail you out over that stock you bought that went down in price?

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