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It makes you wonder why they exactly needed the bailout with statements like this..... "The total amount given to nearly 600 executives would cover bailout costs for 53 of the 116 banks that have so far accepted tax dollars to boost their bottom lines." This was found in this article.
AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081221/ap_on_bi_ge/executive_bailouts - broken link)