The economy hasn't recovered! And it won't fully recover until government gets the hell out of the way, and does something to promote business and growth. The $785 billion TARP money could have cut a LOT of taxes, generated a LOT of new jobs... but it was essentially wasted.
TARP wasn't wasted, and neither was the stimulus (you seem to be confusing the 2).
The economy is recovering, and faster than I expected. You're wrong; you just want to believe that nothing worked, and that nothing is improving.