• Fosheze@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Just nationalize them. If the government has to bail them out then then the government just bought them. If a company is too big to fail then it’s too big to be privately owned.

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      6 months ago

      The problem with that is that goverments are shit at running companies, so the ownership should always be <50%. But they should definitely get stock or bonds for the bailouts. And if selling less than 50% of the company off to the government won’t get them enough money to stay operating, they need to just give up.

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      6 months ago

      I don’t want them to be nationalized though, I want them to be able to operate without needing government intervention, basically the exact opposite

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        6 months ago

        Let them keep their control of the company, but give shares of the company to the American people who paid to bail them out.

        Everyone gets dividends

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        6 months ago

        Are you just talking about bailouts or regulations in general? Because businesses need to be regulated.