if a bailout is required by the taxpayers, a tax should be imposed on the investors and on the bank. this tax should be applied back to the investors who did not lose everything but they should lose something. in other words, bankers and investors should not get rich on bailouts. they should lose in bailouts equally. the share, the burden, should be distributed equally among the taxpayers and the investors/bankers, in a graduated, progressive fashion. those who have the most to lose should lose the most. those who have the least to lose, should lose the least.