[unity1001]

The general public doesnt care about the shareholders. For the public, a bailout is a bailout. By lending money to that bank, depositors took a risk and participated in the bank's business. It was NOT a state bank. It did not pay any taxes, fees, or anything else to the public's treasury more than the $250k per account insurance. If it did, you would be right - everything could have been rescued to the order of that insurance. But there is no such insurance over $250k.

> make depositors whole

It seems that the big money people affected by this chose this nonsensical, archaic term to use in place of 'bailout' so that people wont react. It really doesnt work and it looks way, way nonsensical.