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Re:Federal Reserve pledges asset purchases with no limit to ... by trimbo on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:26PM (#22667053)
> They United Stats Government should do it

That's what they're doing and what the article is about. [Edit: not buying the companies outright, but buying their debt]

The person I was responding to was proposing something else about clever entrepreneurs buying up all of these industries in bankruptcy, or something.

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Re:Federal Reserve pledges asset purchases with no limit to ... by mistermann on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:12PM (#22667584)
They should get equity along with the debt, for those companies for whom this is not merely a liquidity issue.

Boeing is an example of such a company.

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