Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
But doing dumb stuff doesn't have consequences. We all saw what happened to the bankers after they crashed the economy and needed $5 trillion in bailouts. They all got bonuses and kept their jobs and lived happily ever after.
Pro Publica does a regular update on the status of the bailout. They say that thus far the Feds paid out $618 billion (of which the banks accounted for about 40%) and have collected $683 billion for a profit to the Treasury of about $65 billion.


https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/