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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by coderintherye on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @07:41PM (#23025909)
Carnival did not get a bailout: https://thepointsguy.com/news/carnival-did-not-receive-bailo...
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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:33AM (#23028378)
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.
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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by hjonb on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:16PM (#23026174)
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!
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