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Old 04-25-2020, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Almost all of the wealth and income that the Federal Government collects comes from the profit made by private companies and their employees, who only have a job because the company makes a profit. Where else do you think the Government gets money? So, when a corporation asks for a bailout or loan from the Fed or the taxpayers, they are actually asking for their own money back.

Yes, corporations may not be prepared to deal with a recession because they cannot print money or borrow it from future generations like the Federal Government does. Also, Carnival is a foreign company that is not part of corporate America.
I don't see the government bailing me out when I make bad investment decisions in my brokerage account, and I pay taxes. But then again, I am not part of the top 1%, and I don't have an army of lobbyists advocating for me in Washington and providing under the table graft.