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by scotuswroteus 1388 days ago
Were you born in 2009? Because if your memory worked in 2008, you'll recall that massive government bailouts were required to prevent full on collapse: the doom you dismiss as though anyone fearing it is no less in control of their critical faculties than a household pet. That happened less than twenty years ago.
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I was probably born long before you. And you are twisting my words.
Massive Government Bailouts may or may not have been required, however they occurred.
>massive government bailouts were required to prevent full on collapse

*allegedly. We have no data on what would have happened if we'd let the banks fail, put their C-suites in jail and used bailout money as a safety net.