[Toddsterpatriot]

$66 billion paid back; at least $634 billion to go. So far, a not impressive 10% recovery.

LOL!

[Wallace T.]

The financial institutions effectively have had their liabilities guaranteed by the Feds plus a large infusion of new capital funds. Even the incompetent managers of these institutions, who basically wrecked them through gross mismanagement, can make some money under such circumstances. A 10% recovery of principal over a six month period is not enough to justify the TARP bailout.