Originally Posted by
weso1
I hear both sides of the political aisle keep talking about how horrible it was, but is there evidence that it didn't work? We avoided a depression. I just don't think there is any evidence that it would have been a smarter decision to just let the banks fail. Maybe that will change later in time, but as of now what is the evidence that it didn't keep us from a depression?
Obviously, we want to put ourselves in a position so that we never have to do something like that again, but it doesn't mean it wasn't the right play at the time.