If I offer to buy something from you worth $1 and give you $100 for it do you consider that a $99 loan? Yes TARP was paid back by the banks. The bigger problem

If I offer to buy something from you worth $1 and give you $100 for it do you consider that a $99 loan? Yes TARP was paid back by the banks. The bigger problem is the highly overvalued junk assets the government assumed from them though. It's into the trillions and is being downplayed by the media.