Better question, why are taxpayers willing to foot the bill in hundreds of billions in toxic assets for the right determine executive pay and bonuses? Consider

Better question, why are taxpayers willing to foot the bill in hundreds of billions in toxic assets for the right determine executive pay and bonuses? Considering almost all Post-TARP financial institution are worth less than the amount of TARP accepted, if taxpayers are in a punishing mood they should just let them go bankrupt. Now that these companies are no longer "too big to fail", that in my opinion is a viable option.