What Did Critics Think of Government Bail-Outs of Financial Services

question 112

Multiple Choice

What did critics think of government bail-outs of financial services companies during the 2008 economic crisis?

• A)Major banks should be being bailed out by the government.
• B)The government has no place in the economy.
• C)There should be clear parameters for when and how the bail-out money will be repaid.
• D)The people who made the risky business decisions that caused the crisis were now being bailed out.
• E)They worried that the bail-out would accelerate deficit spending.

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