1) Tarp was for buying toxic assets from banks but was modified to include GE Capitall which is not a bank but a financial services company is not primarily involved in consumer credit. Giving them the money does not lossen up the credit market for consumers. GE qualified only because they own two very small banks and it's a tiny (barely quantifiable) of their holdings. 2) Cap and Trade - GE setup a joint venture. 3) Private, Public investement - Just months after GE received bailout money, GE was chosen as one of the nine companies chosen to be a buyer and only has to pay 1/12th of the cost with the rest being paid by the government. 4) GE's healthymagination is in charge of the national medical database. (There is more to this, but note that GE is not one of HIMSS's top 10 EHR's. 5) GE sits on the economic advisory board.
That's enough for now. Just with those 5 points, I'd say they are pretty cozy. Not touching the rest - media, etc and more that would take too much time and I don't think any more would change your view or even open it up to the possibility anyway.
I lost concentration after reading the first sentence.
