[justsayinstuff]

Rather than prop up a bank that support x number of businesses that support y number employees, you'd had the government prop up xy employees? For how long? And if another z number of banks fail? Support xyz employees?

[feraloink]

This! Exactly this, because the government is also doing a backstop for a second bank, Signature Bank of New York. Silicon Valley Bank is the 2nd largest bank failure in U.S. history, and one day later, Signature Bank was also closed and its uninsured deposits guaranteed by the FDIC.

When does it stop?

First Republic Bank isn't looking too good.

You are correct.

[geocar]

Yes. Forever. Yes those too. All of them.

I live in a socialist European country, but I'm originally from the USA, and I wish it was better there.

[ameister14]

I was unaware that there were any socialist countries in Europe. Where do you live?

[tremon]

All of Europe is regularly dismissed as socialist whenever the EU enacts regulations that a certain part of the HN population does not like. I would consider the label "socialist" an epitheton ornans here.