The cardinal rules of being a Broadway producer as applied to the finanicial crisis

It seems to be that with all of this buying up of toxic assets and equity stakes in banks and Wall street financial firms, that the federal government has forgotten the cardinal rules of being a Broadway producer:

MATTHEW BRODERICK (as Max Bialystock): The two cardinal rules of being a Broadway producer are: One, never put your own money in the show.

NATHAN LANE (as Leo Bloom): And two?

MATTHEW BRODERICK (as Max Bialystock): ( Shouting ) Never put your own money in the show!

(from The Producers)