The End Justifies the Means

I was reading article about proposed financial help for people and companies at politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/22/bailout-coronavirus-congress-crisis-142961

One sentence kind of made me very uneasy:

"One lesson of the 2008 bailout, which rewarded reckless behavior but quelled a catastrophic panic, is that success should be measured by results for the nation, not by the morality of the bailout recipients."

If this is the preferred approach how long will it be before the land of free turns into uncontrolled wild west playground of big corps.