this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
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  • Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition ended up being the worst financing deal for banks since 2008, the WSJ said.
  • The $13 billion in loans Musk took out have been stuck on banks' balance sheets.
  • The loans have cut into pay for bankers and lenders' ability to finance other deals, the Journal reported.
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh won't someone think of the banks /s

[–] Zorque 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't worry, it's not their money they're playing with!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Really, thanks to the superpower they have of using money that doesn't even exist (Think you could make money if you could make money out of thin air?) it almost isn't anyone's money.

Except when the bill comes due, then it's the taxpayer's money. The middle class didn't need that money anyway.