Comment by ethan_g

I don't know why this was getting downvoted, because it's correct. All the banks repaid their TARP loans from the Fed at a significant profit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program).

Even QE, which is not a direct bailout but certainly helped banks' profits, was substantially profitable for the treasury the last I heard.

(edit) Let me add, I was no fan of the bail-outs when they happened. But I can't deny they were, in retrospect, really profitable.