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by octobus2021 890 days ago
When bank is about to go under due to some new esoteric product which _should_ work (like packaging risky debt into magically risk-free securities) but eventually doesn't, it is MY money that's going to be used to pay for the losses. Because the bankruptcy would be a "systemic risk to the economy". So you bet I want banks to be constantly audited to make sure they don't make any dumb bets which I will have to cover for.