Considering all the bailout money the public has been made responsible for, is the existence of banks and non-bank financial institutions worth it, or would it have been cheaper to the public to simply keep all our money under our mattresses?

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Considering all the bailout money the public has been made responsible for, is the existence of banks and non-bank financial institutions worth it, or would it have been cheaper to the public to simply keep all our money under our mattresses? 

 

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