> Blaming the government is a cop out. The job of finance professionals is to manage the assets in their custody responsibly. Somehow I feel that blaming the g

> Blaming the government is a cop out. The job of finance professionals is to manage the assets in their custody responsibly. Somehow I feel that blaming the government is much more than a cop-out; it's a calculated position that enables the big players to continue privatizing the wins and socializing the losses. "Of course we are getting a bailout", the narrative goes, "cause it was the big government's fault all along!"