Why is the economy so sluggish?
Even if real wages are stagnant, and consumers are tapped, the Banks have been saved and stand ready to loan from an abundance of freshly created money (that they can obtain for almost nothing).
Why won't consumers make a leap of faith and borrow more, betting their last assets on an indifferent Congress and an elusive recovery?
It's heads we win and tails you lose for the bailout Banks.
And from a Banker's perspective it probably makes sense.
