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		Nbox9 on June 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% Banks loan money, and every loan includes some risk. If banks didn’t take on risk than the 2007/2008 bailouts wouldn’t have happened.

MR4D on June 8, 2021 [–]

I should have clarified - banks don't take on market risk.

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