• Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem; if you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.

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      4 months ago

      The difference between 100 million and 11.5 billion is about 11 billion. If you own a bank 11 billion that’s not only that bank’s problem, it’s the economy’s problem.

      • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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        4 months ago

        I was referring to the general concept behind the quote.

        I originally want to post the OG (apocryphal?) variant:

        Owe Your Banker £1,000 and You Are at His Mercy; Owe Him £1 Million and the Position Is Reversed

        But it sounds rather quaint these days.