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A comment on Banks Paid $32.6B in Bonuses Amid U.S. Bailout (2009). Parent comment

Re:Banks Paid $32.6B in Bonuses Amid U.S. Bailout (2009) by srj on Monday February 09, 2015 @09:18AM (#9021207)
I don't believe making a profit was the government's intention. Stopping a credit freeze was. Would you have the US government behave as a payday loan lender? If not then what's your point?
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Re:Banks Paid $32.6B in Bonuses Amid U.S. Bailout (2009) by tormeh on Monday February 09, 2015 @09:34AM (#9021292)
Why couldn't the government offer those loans directly to main street until the credit freeze subsided? Just take one of the worst banks, nationalize it when it goes bankrupt, sell everything except the lending branch and use it to lend to main street with printed QE money. Divide it into bits and sell it when economy looks good again.
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Re:Banks Paid $32.6B in Bonuses Amid U.S. Bailout (2009) by crdoconnor on Monday February 09, 2015 @09:34AM (#9021296)
>Would you have the US government behave as a payday loan lender?

Yeah, towards the big banks I definitely would.

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