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Re:Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies by samsonradu on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:20AM (#22985513)
> It's also bullshit to call financial aid from the government, that's needed because of government action, a bail out.

No it’s not bullshit and it’s because of a pandemic mostly, very little because of government action. The government will make it legal again soon to open your business but many will still need aid for time to come because there will be less demand.

Will we be subsidising empty restaurants, hotels and airplanes for an entire year or more because it is not ‘their fault’?

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Re:Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:10PM (#22988511)
Probably, because if we don't then we'll face a shortage when demand for those things rebounds.
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