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A comment on Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or are reg. in tax havens. Parent comment

Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by kortilla on Monday April 20, 2020 @02:00PM (#22926520)
All companies are being penalized by nearly every government. Penalizing all companies and then only bailing out some is picking winners and losers.
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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by BeetleB on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:15PM (#22927286)
> Penalizing all companies and then only bailing out some is picking winners and losers.

Without going into the semantics of the word, I will point out that yes, that is the role of the government. They provide incentives for certain behaviors, and lack of incentives (or even disincentives) for others.

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