[MichiganConservative]

Those of us without tinfoil hats have known Bernanke's 2008 TARP was both necessary and profitable.

Those of us who can read and understand the US constitution and understand the evils of government intervention know TARP was illegal and evil.

But whatever. When you are a moral relativist, the ends justify the means. Are you a banker? Are you making money off this? Or did you buy the hype and want to rationalize your decision?

[expat_panama]

Those of us who can read and understand the US constitution...

Great, always nice to meet with others with so much in common; let's go over it together starting with Article 1 Section 8  "The Congress shall have Power To...   ...coin Money, regulate the Value thereof..." 

We still together?

[Moonman62]

Or did you buy the hype and want to rationalize your decision?

I don't think the lessons of history are hype. Loaning money to banks and getting the money back (plus a profit) is far better than financial system collapse.