>If my tax money is being used to rescue a business, I want to either own a part of that business, or receive market-rate interest payments on it. Contrary to

>If my tax money is being used to rescue a business, I want to either own a part of that business, or receive market-rate interest payments on it. Contrary to popular belief, this did generally happen with the bank bailout: But, the fact remains, due to interest, dividends and other revenue streams, the government has received more money back ($266.7 billion, according to the Treasury) than it handed out to banks under the bailout law ($245.2 billion). We rate this claim Mostly True. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/oct/25/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-banks-paid-back-all-federal-bail/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/oct/25/barack-oba...