It’s a bailout where the taxpayers actually get something back.
How is it legal to bail out whole banks or other large companies and not get anything in return?
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favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
How is this legal?
It’s a bailout where the taxpayers actually get something back.
How is it legal to bail out whole banks or other large companies and not get anything in return?
It wasn’t a bailout. It was a grant being converted to an equity position with questionable legality.
Beyond the greater issues of corruption, at face value there’s no reason the government buying up a company with important strategic value you should be illegal
It’s basically the GM bailout but with less steps and specifically avoiding bankruptcy which seems more efficient. Not that the gov’t won’t just turn around and run Intel into the ground.
dan1101@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Also how is not socialism? Imagine the wailing from Repugnants if the Democrats did this.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Public ownership of companies for the benefit of the public is a form of socialism, but Trump’s fascist oligarchy serves only the wealthy elites. Oligarchs hijacking democracy for their own benefit isn’t socialism.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
It is socialism, between them
PHLAK@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Now THAT’S some mental gymnastics!
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Socialism is social ownership of the means of production. This ain’t it. This is Turbo Capitalism.
leftytighty@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
Please Google socialism.