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Re: Business, Economic, and Tax Policy 9: No, No, No, We Compost The Rich
I dont think you will ever see the Government liquidate. (they will keep wasting money its the government way!) Private firm though yes which is again why if Delata threw a bunch of shares on the market it could get ugly fast.
(again this is all theoretical)
FWIW I have no issue with the government buying preferred shares in the airlines. I think there needs to be lots of rules attached to such a plan and I dont trust THIS government to do that. But I dont want to see the airlines fail or merge any more than they have and if a Government Stock Buy will prevent that I wont argue against it. I am just saying it is not the panacea some think it is there is problems this can cause. I also think in some cases those risks might be worth it.
You get equity not because it’s an instant return tomorrow. You buy equity because
1. They will be profitable eventually.
2. If not, we protect our stake in the physical assets like the planes.
If they liquidate someone will buy. There will be a demand for air travel eventually. The thing is, we don’t give these companies everything in return for nothing. They’ll just go back to buying back stock and ****ing the employees again.
Again, these shares should be first in line among all debt. That protects the people (us) who didn’t want a stake but had to buy. The owners of the company shouldn’t get first in line because they’re the ones who ****ed this up. The shareholders approved the board who approved the decisions the execs made.
I dont think you will ever see the Government liquidate. (they will keep wasting money its the government way!) Private firm though yes which is again why if Delata threw a bunch of shares on the market it could get ugly fast.
(again this is all theoretical)
FWIW I have no issue with the government buying preferred shares in the airlines. I think there needs to be lots of rules attached to such a plan and I dont trust THIS government to do that. But I dont want to see the airlines fail or merge any more than they have and if a Government Stock Buy will prevent that I wont argue against it. I am just saying it is not the panacea some think it is there is problems this can cause. I also think in some cases those risks might be worth it.
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