Warren Buffett joked he'd be 'eating Thanksgiving dinner at McDonald's' if the US government didn't bail out the banks in 2008

• Warren Buffett once joked he would have faced a fast-food Thanksgiving without the 2008 bailouts.
• "If the government hadn't acted, I would be eating Thanksgiving dinner at McDonald's," he quipped.
• Buffett often eats McDonald's for breakfast, and owns one of the restaurant chain's gold cards.

Warren Buffett would have celebrated Thanksgiving with a Big Mac, fries, and a milkshake in 2008 if US officials hadn't bailed out the banks, he joked in a CNBC interview in 2010.

"If the government hadn't acted, I would be eating Thanksgiving dinner at McDonald's," he quipped.