Banks in 2008: “Hey customers, be ready for some real shit with the housing market - we can’t help you guys out.”
Also banks in 2008: “hi government, can we pls have all the money so we don’t pay for our fuckups?”
Except the banks payed it back. The US government profited about $15bn from the bailouts. Potentially a loss if considering inflation. Also banks were forced to take the bailouts to prevent a bank run. You would almost certainly have taken your money out of CITI bank if they were the only ones receiving a bailout from the government. Which would have cost the government more in the long term.
Large banks like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs had already paid back the government bailout by July 2009.
So the banks paid it back by charging you more fees, and less interest on your savings
We are considering inflation. Then add on risk adjustment, and we can see it for the corporate charity it is. If it was a good investment, then we wouldn’t have been forced to make it. Yes there was enough private capital to cover these loans.
Them being “forced” to take loans is irrelevant because they’re the ones buying policy, not us. One interest rate for them, another higher interest rate for them to charge you.
We are being robbed blind.
That’s the classic “If I owe you $5 it’s my problem. If I owe you $5B it’s your problem.”
Banks Suck. Toronto Dominion Bank screwed me over a few ways… one was a line of credit with low interest rate, until I used it and they jacked rate up from 3% to 11%. Another I had a payment coming out that night, so I deposited money directly in the morning online. The recirds showed cash in, then latter.cash out with + balance. Next day they swapped the entry order and charged an NSF fee for when withdrawl came out first and left negative balance. I went right there and complained, they did not seem surprised and refunded me. But i closed every account, credit card, insurance, and RRSP I had with them. Now with a credit Union and it has been awesome.
