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To: MythMan who wrote (379979)1/20/2009 8:28:17 PM
From: Real Man  Respond to of 436258
 
Not all, just 2. There is a lot of talk about possible
nationalization, mainly limited to BAC and C so far.
The shareholders are left with zero in that case, of course,
or pretty damn close to it, as the government typically
takes an 80% stake in exchange for providing the bailout money
like they did with the GSEs and AIG.