[WhaleBiologist]

Banks got retarded amounts of taxpayer money because of "too big to fail"

[arethuza]

I don't think the banks got bailed out because of the impact of their employees suddenly being out of work, but because of the huge impact of not having a functioning banking sector would have on the wider economy and society in general.

[gawker]

You would probably lose more than just a few banks if they didn't get some sort of money. The financial markets need confidence to survive as well.

[chris_wot]

I appreciate you illustrating my point.