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Re:Corporate Socialism: The Government Is Bailing Out Invest... by s1artibartfast on Thursday March 26, 2020 @03:19PM (#22696900)
My understanding is that they are talking about "free" bailouts without equity. This article [1] suggests this is the case for the airlines, which would receive a "grant", and small businesses, which would receiving tax credits. It is unclear to me if this is just a mischaracterization by the MSM.

I expect that workers will see very little of the 2 trillion dollar bill. $1000 for an estimated 30 million workers (~10X current numbers) would be about 1.5% of the bailout. 3 months of unemployment for the same would be about 10% of the total.

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-up...

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Re:Corporate Socialism: The Government Is Bailing Out Invest... by unlinked_dll on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:08PM (#22699283)
The checks are going to a more like 120 million households (ballpark, haven't checked the BLS), and your unemployment ballpark is 10 million shy of the estimates.
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