Lawmakers raised doubts Monday about what would be the largest government bailout in American history, but a bigger, more terrifying question lurked right under the surface: What if it doesn’t work?
“The alternative is complete financial Armageddon and a great depression,” said a former Federal Reserve official. “Where do they go after this? Well, the U.S. government could nationalize the banking system outright.”
A few months ago, that idea would have been laughed out of the room.
But no one’s laughing anymore.
So what’s Plan B?
There really isn’t one.
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