Government ends TARP, makes $15.3 billion profit

[Linus Van Pelt]

The profit is kind of an odd thing to focus on. If it was indeed a good public policy goal to prevent the banking system from collapse, then it would have been worth spending some money on, if needed. Conversely, it's not hard for the government to make profitable investments; they could just park our tax money in an index fund instead of spending it on programs. But this wouldn't make for a useful program.