What were the political and social costs of the bailout of the U.S. financial industry?

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The Answer is Most of the people who benefited from the bailout were wealthy- certainly wealthier than average. The wealth that didn't fall because of the bailout was mostly wealth of high-income people-people holding the bonds of the financial institutions. Also, the jobs in the financial institutions that were saved were mostly jobs of high-income earners. People who will pay for the bailout in the long run are the U.S. taxpayers, who are on average less wealthy than those who benefited from the bailout. The bailout thus likely had, or at least was perceived by many to have had, bad income distribution consequences, which put a strain on the body politic.

What Were the Political and Social Costs of the Bailout