[memefrog]

The "bailouts" where the government bought shares in the banks and was repaid at a significant markup a few years later?

Is that like "windfall taxes" where the banks buy shares in the government and get repaid later?

[piva00]

> Is that like "windfall taxes" where the banks buy shares in the government and get repaid later?

If it helps society to be more productive in the long-term, yeah (in an indirect way)?