We can gain a sobering perspective on the impossible disproportion between the bailout and our economic resources by looking at the US. The government there set aside $700 billion (€557 billion) to buy troubled bank assets, and the final cost to the American taxpayer is about $150 billion.
That's kindly ignoring other routes that have been used to support US banks... starting with unlimited short term money at 0% used by banks to lend money to government at 2-4%... Wind power
