Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by mrnobody_67 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:45PM
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Don't forget Carnival Cruise Lines... which doesn't even pay any taxes in the US as a corporation since it flies a flag of convenience and doesn't employ many Americans.
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by coderintherye on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @07:41PM
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Carnival did not get a bailout:
https://thepointsguy.com/news/carnival-did-not-receive-bailo...
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:33AM
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You're right that they did not specifically bail out Carnival. They bailed out the entire junk bond sector, which allowed companies like Carnival to raise money much more easily.
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by hjonb on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:16PM
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The president and leader of the GOP wanted to give cruise lines, who are NOT paying federal taxes and fly foreign flags to dodge US taxes a giant bailout but give US cities some help? Hell no!
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by wonderwonder on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @07:23PM
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I mean that's easily explained. The Saudis just purchased 8% of them. Wouldn't want the Saudis to lose money would you? /s
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by artificial on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:45PM
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It would be immensely helpful to see uniforms with all of the campaign contributions each has like a race car driver so you know who butters their bread.
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by dillonmckay on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:59PM
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I would vote for that constitutional amendment.
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by artificial on Thursday April 30, 2020 @12:23PM
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I'm down, we need a catchy name to start a movement. I'm totally ready to throw this up on a website, there's got to be a place that shows donors and maybe cross reference which bills they support with some sentiment analysis "68% Favorable to Hollywood" and make it like rotten tomatoes.
Airlines? Of course. Junk bond investors? Sure, why not? States? "We're not going to bail out Democratic-run states."