system.
theye not answerable.
and we,he average citizen,
have to bail them out so that
they can go back t their summer
homes and their limousines.
>> makeit more dangerous
actually.
perhapthey didn't plan on it
but looking back, it i quite an
amazing stea
>>eporter: the banks' positio
knockedut by this week's
ficial news that the
govnment bailout could, in
theory, cost $23 trilln if
everything collapsed again.
just a few about months ago
ameri's entire banking system
was on the precipic
and were not for hu government
inteention of one form or the
other many of these baks sily
would notexist today.
yet a fe months and my of
ose same banks are now making
record prfits.
and planning buer bonuses for
their bankers.
surprise that beyondhe
skyscrapers ordinary america's
notvery happy.
this i your baltimore road to