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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-24-10 12:54 PM
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How many bailouts were there? (complete list with color coding)
for the ones done by the USA! USA! lets color the ones done when a Democrat and when a Republican was holding the office of President.

Irish banking rescue-In 2008
Swedish banking rescue -During 1991–1992
U.S. Savings and Loan Crisis – 1989

Other bailouts
1930s - Great Depression
1979 - Chrysler Corporation

1984 - Continental Illinois<3>
1990 - Japan, from the United States of America.
1991 - Executive Life Insurance Company, by states assessing other insurers

1998 - Long-Term Capital Management, by banks and investment houses, not government (see LTCM page).
2003 - Parmalat (Italy)
2008 - The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
2008 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
2008 - The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. bailed out by the federal government and Berkshire Hathaway
2008 - Morgan Stanley bailed out by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
2008-2009 - American International Group, Inc. multiple times
2008 - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008<16>
2008 - 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package
2008 - Canadian Bank Bailout<17>
2008 - Citigroup Inc.
2008 - General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC- though not technically a bailout, a bridge loan was given to the auto manufacturers by the U.S. government, this is referred to by most as a bailout

2008 - Fortis Bank (Belgium)
2009 - Bank of America (16 January 2009) to help it absorb losses that were much greater than expected incurred by its buyout of Merrill Lynch This was of course increased March 15, 2009
2009 - CIT Group $3 billion by its bondholders in a failed attempt to avoid a bankruptcy. This bailout only delayed the bankruptcy.
2009 - Dubai and Dubai World bailed out by Abu Dhabi


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailout#Other_bailouts
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