News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Do dentists know what they're doing?. Parent comment

Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by N_Lens on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:41AM (#50099652)
We’re talking like this is some anomaly. This is the endgame of unregulated capitalism - squeezing more, squeezing harder.

And those who don’t/won’t squeeze as hard get outcompeted - a race to the bottom.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by rickdeckard on Thursday October 15, 2026 @06:20AM (#50101612)
Toys-R-Us is a telling story. The PE acquired the company for >1bn USD and then put 5bn of debt onto their balance sheet.

So the company had to pay interest and PE management fees until it finally collapsed.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by underlipton on Thursday October 15, 2026 @10:03AM (#50103861)
Remember, the 5bn put on their balance sheet was the debt that was used to acquire them.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by ElevenLathe on Thursday October 15, 2026 @12:41PM (#50106323)
It's like taking out a mortgage to buy a house, and then somehow dodging the payments by assigning the debt to the house itself.
[ Parent | on HN ]