Not all banks wanted TARP funds. In several instances, the government forced the banks to accept TARP funds. So I’d be careful in refusing to use certain banks. Then again, that is your right.
Yeah they sent in Ninjas and “forced” them to take the money.
Exactly, some where forced to so people didn’t perceive the ones that took the TARP funds as being in unusually bad trouble, thus investors would bail on those for the ones that didn’t take funds...
IE, not only did the Fed interfere with the market, they did everything in their power to stop the market from working the way it should.
I have used my credit union for 30 years. Why would I change to a bank? I was with them before they started checking accounts.