Basically it's a card game for 3-5 players.
"The government has piles of cash it's eager to throw at a failing investment firm. Your goal in bailout is to be that firm!" Each player starts with (I'm thinking) $300,000 which they must lose as quickly as possible. You accomplish this by buying asset cards with a variable chance of paying out. You don't want them to pay out as that puts you ahead monetarily, and therefore, farther away from your goal.
Players can pool their money to share the risk. They can also play favor cards to either decrease the chances of their own assets paying out, or increase or even guarantee their opponents assets pay out or a variety of other effects.
I know a lot of people will likely find this offensive or even un-American. Tough toenails. This is a game, nothing more.
I'm certain there is at least on game with that goal just like there are dozens if not hundreds that the goal is to make the most money. I'm going to differentiate it with gameplay and overall theme.
I've also switched the money over to billions, so you'll start with $30 billion.