There is no wall between the casino and the insured-deposit part of the biggest banks.

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Given that in most recent big bank bailouts, non-deposit creditors have been made whole, a huge potential liability for the U.S. government on top of its exposure to deposits insured by the thinly-capitalized Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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