go bac no matter up or down Geithner: Banks will bear costs of failure Geithner: Banks will bear costs of failure, not taxpayers Buzz up! 9 Print On Wednesday April 14, 2010, 3:53 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the cost of taking down large failing financial institutions will be borne by big banks, not taxpayers, under legislation that would overhaul the regulations governing Wall Street. Geithner defended the legislation against Republican attacks that pendin