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Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by reilly3000 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @03:46PM (#22713815)
Right but they maintained a whole tax producing economic center including (probably) corporate taxes and income tax on hundreds of thousands of wages from the companies themselves and their suppliers. Breaking even on a bailout is pretty phenomenal given the broader implications.
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Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by Retric on Saturday March 28, 2020 @03:51PM (#22713839)
That assumes they had no leverage and no other options. Raising the rates by say 4% and companies would still have taken the money and the economy would have reacted in the same way.
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Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by hobs on Saturday March 28, 2020 @03:51PM (#22713843)
You're missing the opportunity cost of doing twice as well?
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