"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Costs of the Federal Bailouts
“…government bailouts are highly selective, based more on political than economic considerations: Why, for example, was Bear Stearns 'rescued' (to the tune of $29.5 billion, which now seems a paltry sum), while Lehman Brothers was allowed to go belly up?”
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