minus-squarestalfoss@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoJust FYI of the bank bailouts in the US, the banks paid back the bailout plus interest back to the government. Meaning the govt actually made a profit off the bailout. There’s a lot of things wrong with both banks and the govt, but generally this is not one of them. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-bailout-was-11-years-ago-were-still-tracking-every-penny linkfedilink
minus-squarestalfoss@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Gumroad PSAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoAlso this only applies in private browsing mode, which people usually aren’t in linkfedilink
Just FYI of the bank bailouts in the US, the banks paid back the bailout plus interest back to the government. Meaning the govt actually made a profit off the bailout. There’s a lot of things wrong with both banks and the govt, but generally this is not one of them. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-bailout-was-11-years-ago-were-still-tracking-every-penny