In you-know-which country, bosses of a state company screwed up and the company went broken. The government pumped state money into it so that workers could receive their pays. The bosses got promoted for not causing any social troubles for the government.
In America, bosses of a private company screwed up and the company went broken. The government pumped state money into it so that workers could receive their pays. The bosses got bonuses for bringing down the economy.
Here comes the "American Culture Revolution": someone (or a lot of people) saw something terribly wrong, and wanted to correct.