I think we missed something...<a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-economy/2010/12/government_saved_economy_housi.html" target="_self">click here for the full article.</a>

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a congressional panel on  Thursday  that the administration basically saved an economy and housing  market on the brink of collapse, and he defended a federal foreclosure  prevention program that has fallen far short of its original goals.

But some panel members criticized the administration for putting the banking industry ahead of troubled homeowners.

For those struggling to hold onto their homes, "it is cold comfort to  these individuals that the big financial institutions aided by [the  government bail out of banks] and other government programs have near  record earnings," said tax lawyer J. Mark McWatters, one of the panel  members.