Because the money is still urgently needed elsewhere:
US financial system support up $700 bln in past year-watchdog
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - Increased housing commitments swelled U.S. taxpayers' total support for the financial system by $700 billion in the past year to around $3.7 trillion, a government watchdog said on Wednesday.
No vote, no discussion, no complaints by bond vigilantes. It just happened. But our countries are broke because of supposedly unsustainable commitments to pay pensions to workers (who have already paid for them), education for kids or public infrastructure.
Right.