Reply #18: I'd like to see the percentage of non-congressional investors who also hold

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stock in those bailed out banks.

I'm guessing it's more to do with the portfolio than anything else. Do you really think that these people manage their own investments? They had investments in banks because banks were making money. That is not evidence enough to say that the bailout was an attempt to hold on to their own investments.

However, campaign donations by the listed banks are a whole different story...