Likely bonus criteria were set up in advance, but governments handing companies money certainly didn't hurt. Nor did having the people who run the company choos

Likely bonus criteria were set up in advance, but governments handing companies money certainly didn't hurt. Nor did having the people who run the company choose to award themselves bonuses. But look... end of the day here, if you give money to businesses don't expect the people running those businesses to do anything that isn't selfish with the money. If you give a bum on the street $5, he's going to spend that money on himself. If you give a CEO $5M, he's going to spend that money on himself too. I don't see why any sane person would expect anything different. Moral of the store is don't give money to people... not bums on the street, or CEOs. Just don't do it. You'll be let down every time.