The general rule is if you have over $250,000 in your account, that amount is if you're insured and you will be made whole by the FDIC insurance fund. But if you have more, I never knew how many rich people I knew until Silicon Valley bank went under. And deposit insurance isn't free. It doesn't come from very dust. Food insurance comes from fees that banks pay in; they pay in an amount that is based on the $250,00 cap. So we will, if we decide to do this, if we empty the deposit insurance fund to cover everybody's amounts, we will have to replenish it. The first rule of banking is the customer
After a quick discussion of last week’s TikTok testimony, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: Congresswoman Katie Porter. The California Democrat has gone viral for her whiteboard-wielding grilling of CEOs like Jamie Dimon and Mark Zuckerberg and her subtle art of not giving a f*ck during the recent marathon that was Kevin McCarthy’s speaker vote. But today, Kara’s the one doing the grilling (sans whiteboard). Taped live at Manny’s in San Francisco, the two talk about the aftershocks of Silicon Valley Bank as well as what was behind her very early announcement that she was running for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. Stay tuned until the end to hear what Kara’s mom thinks about Katie Porter.
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