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Re:SoftBank to write down WeWork by $6.6B, compounding portf... by ouid on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:00AM (#23031559)
If the federal government is actually the implicit insurer of these companies, then the federal government should be collecting premiums.
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Re:SoftBank to write down WeWork by $6.6B, compounding portf... by smolder on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:09AM (#23031654)
They just buy politicians, which is cheaper than premiums would be.
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Re:SoftBank to write down WeWork by $6.6B, compounding portf... by perl4ever on Thursday April 30, 2020 @08:54PM (#23038049)
That would be corporate taxes, and in fact at least some people are asking if maybe we need to roll back the recent corporate tax cuts.
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