The governments bailed out the banks in September 2008, and again in various increments through the Spring of 2009. (firstthings.com)
The govt needs to answer that, and it's yet another instance of the burden of bailing out the banks falling on women. (nextleft.org)
Even if bailing out the banks in order to preserve financial systemic integrity was needed, there were other ways to do it, such as being lender of last resort at a penalty rate, or giving vouchers good to reduce debts to every household in America. (alephblog.com)