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Re:Busted retailers use bankruptcy to break leases by the th... by fortran77 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:26PM (#24075625)
They bail out mom and pop, too. They bailed out hunrdreds of thousands of people who thought they could make money flipping condos during the 2008 housing bubble.
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Re:Busted retailers use bankruptcy to break leases by the th... by swiley on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:02AM (#24078842)
Weren’t they just bailing the banks servicing the debt and not the borrowers?
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Re:Busted retailers use bankruptcy to break leases by the th... by fortran77 on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:30AM (#24081576)
They excused the income tax on forgiven debt, they handed out "first time home buyers" tax credits, they excused tax on "imputed income" from living without mortgage payment for years in foreclosed houses while evictions were held back in court, etc.
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