• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago
    1. Government steps in to bail them out *with tax money taken from the people who couldn’t pay their car note in the first place

    So either banks make money or banks take money.

    • Patches@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The people who couldn’t pay their car note in the first place usually ain’t the type making a shit ton of money. They probably pay little taxes if any.

    • msbeta1421@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well, yes and no. It’s grey like most things in life.

      Banks and credit are a means to “grow the pie” by allowing us to factor in future value. Before banks and credit, the world was a zero sum game where one person only had because the other person had not.

      They do serve a real purpose but are only valuable when properly managed.