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Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by Scoundreller on Saturday March 28, 2020 @03:47PM (#22713825)
I'm not saying the government made a bad decision, but they should have rigged the deal more in favour of the people instead of the company if things succeeded.

Getting a 3.5% return over that time period didn't account for the risk that they took. They should have ended up at least doubling their money at the cost of the shareholders/equityholders that remained.

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Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by greglindahl on Saturday March 28, 2020 @10:08PM (#22715799)
You're pretty confused if you think "the company" won if the taxpayer didn't. In the GM case, "the company" was owned by shareholders who lost 100% of their equity. The bondholders lost a lot, too.
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