That's a completely different and opposite point to "the government made money on the bailouts, actually." > (assuming it doesn't cause bigger problems down th

That's a completely different and opposite point to "the government made money on the bailouts, actually." > (assuming it doesn't cause bigger problems down the line) We're dealing with those bigger problems now, today. The moral hazard created by the 2008/2009 bailouts is a big part of why executives could leverage their companies to buy back stock throughout the 2010s with confidence they would pay no personal price if it ended in tears.