Goldman Sachs Profits From Taxpayer Subsidy

The following article from 4closureFraud and ZeroHedge claims that because banks are perceived as TBTF, they can borrow at lower rates.  This lower rate for TBTF banks acts as a taxpayer subsidy.  If the subsidy were taken away, the banks' profitability would decline or even disappear (see the chart).  Note that Goldman Sachs's profits would decline to 2.1%.

American's TBTF Bank Subsidy from Taxpayers:  $83 billion Per Year
By 4closure Fraud from Zerohedge

Day after day, whenever anyone challenges the TBTF banks’ scale, they are slammed down with a mutually assured destruction message that limitations would impair profitability and weaken the country’s position in global finance. So what if you were to discover, based on Bloomberg’s calculations, that the largest banks aren’t really profitable at all? What if the billions of dollars they allegedly earn for their shareholders were almost entirely a gift from U.S. taxpayers? The stunning truth is that the top-five banks account for $64 billion of an implicit subsidy based on the ludicrous (but entirely real) logic that: The banks that are potentially the most dangerous can borrow at lower rates, because creditors perceive them as too big to fail. Perhaps this realization will increase shareholder demands – or even political furore? The market discipline might not please executives, but it would certainly be an improvement over paying banks to put us in danger.

 

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