Originally Posted by
TheCrimsonKing
According to this the U.S. Treasury says they got all their money back from GM. I think Chrysler filed for bankruptcy at the time though. A quick Google search says that $70B was paid back out of $79B. I'm not sure I'd call that "no payback."
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg650
The government lost 11B on the GM bailout.