Any alternative scheme to the bailout ought to cost less than the bailout. I am under the impression that they profited from the bailout but if that's not the c

Any alternative scheme to the bailout ought to cost less than the bailout. I am under the impression that they profited from the bailout but if that's not the case, then they could do it at a loss so long as the loss is smaller than the bailout loss. And both of these profit/loss comparisons would be based off of projections rather than what actually happened.