I believe the government and taxpayers made money on the bailout, see sources like: https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/ https://projects.propublica.org/bai

I believe the government and taxpayers made money on the bailout, see sources like: https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/ https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/ The financial institutions got themselves in a bad spot, and instead of failing they were helped out, but they paid it back with interest.