how did the troubled assets relief program assist banks that were too big to fail 
the eesa established the troubled assets relief program tarp authorizing the treasury secretary to purchase and to make and fund commitments to purchase troubled assets from any financial institution on such terms and conditions as are determined by the secretary proponents believed vital to minimize the economic damage created by the sub prime mortgage meltdown 15the bottom lineto protect the u s economy from a disastrous financial failure that might have global repercussions the government may step in to financially bail out a systemically critical business or an economic sector such as transportation or the auto industry during the 2007 2008 global financial crisis policymakers and regulators in the u s deemed some banks and corporations too big to fail and provided rescue measures through the emergency economic stabilization act of 2008 13