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Yes but they got screwed by incompetence at their bank. Why should the tax payer get screwed instead?

Because "they did nothing wrong" is his way of saying they are entitled to a taxpayer bailout

kinda like student loan forgiveness, which would have penalized financially responsible people in favor of redditors.

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But I think this is worse. Bailing out individuals is one level, bailing out massive banks is pure corruption.