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Comment by AnimalMuppet

Where did depositors almost get wiped out in 2008?

At NetBank? Only if they were over the FDIC limit. Stockholders got destroyed, though.

At Bear Stearns? No, depositors got protected in a convoluted deal. The shareholders got very close to nothing.

At Lehman Brothers? They did "break the buck" on money market funds for a bit, but weren't depositors made whole? And weren't stock owners wiped out in the bankruptcy?

Washington Mutual? Depositors were covered by the FDIC.

Where were depositors "almost wiped out"? Where specifically? Where were stockholders bailed out?

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