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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The companies didn’t “get off scot-free.” They paid huge fees and interest payments and became deeply indebted to the federal government. Or at least that is part of the narrative.

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