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Billionaire Hedge Fund Investor and Democratic Donor Bill Ackman Calls On the US Government to Consider a Bailout of Silicon Valley Bank
MSN ^ | 3-10-2023 | Huileng Tan

Posted on 03/10/2023 5:22:45 PM PST by PK1991

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says the US government should consider a "highly dilutive" bailout of Silicon Valley Bank amid jitters about its financial position. The bank's failure "could destroy an important long-term driver of the economy as VC-backed companies rely on SVB for loans and holding their operating cash," Ackman said in a series of tweets on Thursday. "If private capital can't provide a solution, a highly dilutive gov't preferred bailout should be considered," he said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: ackman; bailout; bank; billackman; butler; california; covidstooges; greenmail; hedgefund; pennsylvania; siliconvalleybank; svb; williamackman
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Privatize the gains and socialize the losses. I'm sure the uniparty will give him a standing ovation as they write the check.
1 posted on 03/10/2023 5:22:45 PM PST by PK1991
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To: PK1991

How bout you do it , Bill. Put up some of your own dough.


2 posted on 03/10/2023 5:24:14 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: PK1991

Naaaah, enjoy the collapse just like we do


3 posted on 03/10/2023 5:25:10 PM PST by struggle
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To: PK1991

So, we not only have to bail out the deadbeat retards with worthless diplomas, now we have to bailout the Silicon Valley bank.


4 posted on 03/10/2023 5:26:14 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: PK1991

$151.5 Billion in uninsured deposits - 85% of all deposits not insured by FDIC. Why???

No bail-out - no? no? no?


5 posted on 03/10/2023 5:26:58 PM PST by elpadre (nd )
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To: PK1991

I thought the FDIC exists to help depositors and banks. VC investments are gambling, in a sense, so risk is involved. Let them fail or succeed, just like regular folks in a capitalist society. Our tax dollars should not be squandered (any more than is happening already).


6 posted on 03/10/2023 5:27:13 PM PST by roadcat
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To: PK1991

No


7 posted on 03/10/2023 5:27:45 PM PST by McGavin999 (A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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8 posted on 03/10/2023 5:27:51 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

George Carlin said it best: “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”


9 posted on 03/10/2023 5:28:32 PM PST by Venkman
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To: PK1991

Businesses that ignore fundamentals should be allowed to fail.


10 posted on 03/10/2023 5:28:46 PM PST by stevem
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To: elpadre
$151.5 Billion in uninsured deposits - 85% of all deposits not insured by FDIC. Why???

Only the first $250,000 is FDIC insured.

If you have $10,000,000 in the bank (which is idiocy), only $250,000 of it is guaranteed.

11 posted on 03/10/2023 5:29:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: PK1991

it’s not like this is a Ukraine bank.

let them fall... the bastages.


12 posted on 03/10/2023 5:30:32 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Accounts are insured up to $250K. If you are a business, you are likely to have tens of millions in your account.

That’s why.


13 posted on 03/10/2023 5:30:38 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: roadcat

The FED will probably do it on the sly. Like they did with Credit Suisse. Print more money will they raise interest rates so inflation never goes away. “The Federal Reserve lends to banks and other depository institutions—so-called discount window lending—to address temporary problems they may have in obtaining funding. Those problems can range from garden-variety issues, such as funding pressures associated with unexpected changes in a bank’s loans and deposits, to extraordinary events, such as those that occurred after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks or during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.”


14 posted on 03/10/2023 5:30:44 PM PST by PK1991 ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you have 500 employees, and you have to issue payroll checks, you are likely to need a lot of money in your account.


15 posted on 03/10/2023 5:31:34 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: roadcat
Amen!

I thought the FDIC exists to help depositors and banks. VC investments are gambling, in a sense, so risk is involved. Let them fail or succeed, just like regular folks in a capitalist society.

Our tax dollars should not be squandered (any more than is happening already).

16 posted on 03/10/2023 5:31:48 PM PST by Grampa Dave (https://www Democrats Have All ready Won the 2024 Election, Regardless of Whom, Either Party Runs!!!)
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To: PK1991

Who didn’t see this coming?

If you didn’t, raise your hand so we can mock you endlessly on your gullibility.


17 posted on 03/10/2023 5:31:49 PM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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To: PK1991

Of course the gubmint will bail them out. There is no way the dems are going to let their silicon valley buddies/partners/donors lose $$.


18 posted on 03/10/2023 5:37:00 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: PK1991

Capitalism without failure is like Religion without sin.
Do not bail out the bank. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.


19 posted on 03/10/2023 5:37:35 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness ; Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: PK1991

Uuuuh no.


20 posted on 03/10/2023 5:38:03 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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