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assuming your account was FDIC insured. then why even bother taking out money less than minimum FDIC assured sum.


My more pessimistic estimates put the losses at more than the FDIC had at the time and I have no idea what happens when the FDIC runs out of money.

It probably wasn't rational but I was really scared.


Don't feel bad man, I remember there being a run on food staples. Things like 50lb bags of rice and beans were sold out at Costco. People were stocking up on guns and ammo preparing for fucking Mad Max. I am not ashamed to admit I participated in some of that myself by doubling up the emergency rations I keep for hurricane season. You withdrawing $2k was not irrational at all given the scale of what was going on.




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