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In response to "why should shareholders suffer because of policies pushed on them by the gov't? -- nm" by colin

why should banks take handouts from the government if they have the excess cash to pay a dividend?

Posted by ken kutarugi (aka dmuck) Oct 30 '08, 06:57

if they have extra money laying around, let 'em use it to shore up their balance sheets before they pay out to shareholders.

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