The crisis was created by banks intentionally signing high-risk loans and essentially betting against them being repaid. The bailouts absolved the financial burden from the lenders, and left the borrowers holding the bill.

The same bailouts were needed in the EU, but several nations absolved the borrowers. The banks still got their money, but without the widespread foreclosures and subsequent property value depreciation ripple.

[–] butwhyishischinabook 2 points 4 days ago

Oh okay, I misunderstood your comment as implying that the working class, though tax revenue, bore the burden of bailing out the banks, rather than saying that the working class paid for it because working class people had their house foreclosed upon.