Step back and think for a minute who was also fighting against reform to prevent another crisis. They made sure they all moved through the worst economic crisis in decades, living standards in place, before throwing millions into scaling back reform. Now they’re throwing money at the GOP who they know will give them an even easier ride. It’s like a rigged gambling table where no matter what numbers are drawn, they win. CNBC’s Net Net:

Over the lifecycle of the PDCF program, The Federal Reserve lent a total of about $8.95 trillion to primary dealers of government securities. (This group is already a very small club: Currently, the New York Fed lists a total of 18 institutions authorized to perform this function.)

But the concentration of the vast majority of PDFC funds was far narrower than that. Institutions that ultimately went on to become just six banks—Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan—received at total of about $8.78 trillion through the PDFC program.

That $8.78 trillion figure represents over 98 percent of the funds lent by the PDFC program.