Trying really hard to reconcile these:

Former U.S. bank bailout administrator: Silicon Valley Bank is being bailed out : NPR Student Loan Forgiveness: Relief for Public Loans Pushed Back Due to Lack of Funds | GOBankingRates Seems like a bizarre case of simultaneously “having hundreds of billions of dollars available,” and “not having any money available.” It doesn't seem like they're trying very hard to mask that they have quantities of money available to pay for all sorts of things, but won't use any of it except to benefit the people and organizations who have influence over the government.