Why did companies get bailouts during the 2008 global financial crash?

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Didn’t some of these companies cause the crash? Or at least help it. Feels kind of unfair that they get off scot-free.

What would have happened if the government didn’t bail them out? Would we ever recover?

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If your bank collapses your savings go with it

pensions, life savings wiped out;
financial reserves of your employer wiped out

The FDIC can provide protection but not completely so prevention is critical

that has disasterous knock on effects for, well, pretty much everyone

Bailouts protected the people, by rescuing the bank

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