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Q: Why would a bank make a sub-prime loan if they think the loan will fail?
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What percent of bank loans fail?

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Of course everyone with any brains would want a bank to be successful. If the bank is successful everyone wins. If they fail the taxpayers loose because most of the deposits are insured by the FDIC and the taxpayers will have to pay dearly for that failure.


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