[fdghjkh]

But I imagine the people buying and selling those failing bonds still took a commission

[yummyfajitas]

Assuming they were all purchased at retail prices, that was about $8/trade (typical bond face values are about $1000). (In reality, it was probably on the order of pennies.) I.e., not very much.

[omouse]

How much more money do they have than the typical employee working at one of those auto-companies? :|