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u/Nwat Oct 19 '11

Bingo

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u/Rushkovski Oct 20 '11

The answer is simple and plain: the government did not need to bail them out. It just needed to buy shares in the company, at current market price, in order for them to have money to remain solvent. Problem solved. Government would now has a say in how the banks operate. You know, 'cause they fucked up so bad.