[Toddsterpatriot]

The stock may not be sold, traded, or pledged as security for a loan;

And you can't buy extra. Pretty weak ownership.

That's a pretty darn good return on investment if you're one of the lucky ones.

The "private owners" got $1.6 billion in dividends last year. The government "non-owners" got $89 billion. Guess who was luckier?

Especially given the huge sums we're talking about an

$1.6 billion, not so huge.

[Errant]

Your figures are questionable, more so since we don’t get to see some of them. That said, access to all of that “free money” is were most of the banks’ profit is derived. The guaranteed profit is just “gravy” from the taxpayers.