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Re:Mark Cuban says bailed out companies should never be allo... by hedora on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @10:08PM (#22623691)
Instead of handing them $50b, the government should offer to buy $50b of newly issued shares and sell them off over some timeframe.

As part of the deal, executive comp packages would be frozen (so the execs couldn’t simply issue more shares to themselves to avoid the impact of dilution)

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Re:Mark Cuban says bailed out companies should never be allo... by quantified on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @11:08PM (#22624025)
Isn't that similar to the bailout of GM? Which turned a profit for the gov't IIRC.
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Re:Mark Cuban says bailed out companies should never be allo... by nealabq on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:34AM (#22624514)
The US govt lost $11.2 billion on the GM bailout. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-gm-treasury-idusbre...
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Re:Mark Cuban says bailed out companies should never be allo... by quantified on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:40AM (#22625397)
Ah, thanks. Nevermind
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