Garry Tan: "30% of YC companies exposed through SVB can’t make payroll in the next 30 days. If you or your company are affected, I recommend that you reach out to your local congressman to get this on their radar TODAY."
So is this going to be a “privatized profits, socialized losses” type scenario? Are taxpayers going to be bailing out this bank and the companies that use them?
If the bank's failure doesn't represent a systemic risk to the economy, such that the executive branch would be justified in propping them up, we're talking about a popularity contest. Who does the American public like less, nerds or bankers? might not play in congress quite the way the OP is hoping.
It might not come to that, since the specifics of the bank's financials will determine whether everyone eventually gets their money back.
https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1634286688922132481