I wont argue about Paulsons true objective for it, which was getting Goldman paid on the CDS it owned from AIG. Im not arguing about the morality of it, but regardless it still ended up working well for us.
Even if you dont think systemic collapse would have happened, lets just say 3 major corporations would have went out of business, that alone and the ripple it would have created would have cost a million jobs. Plus probably 20-50 billion a year in lost tax revenue, so by that standard we are still paid off within 2-5 years and a million people keep their jobs.
Even if you dont think systemic collapse would have happened, lets just say 3 major corporations would have went out of business, that alone and the ripple it would have created would have cost a million jobs. Plus probably 20-50 billion a year in lost tax revenue, so by that standard we are still paid off within 2-5 years and a million people keep their jobs.
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My point is, TARP had little to do with saving the system from collapse. Why didn't they just bailout Lehman instead? Bernanke's action was what restored confidence. TARP was part of the scam. Are yoiu are idiot? Don't you remember Paulson going back on his word on the original intent. They are all a bunch of liars.