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devinyesterday at 4:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

And then the US government will say that these company's futures are in the national interest, and they will be bailed out with taxpayer dollars.


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bryanlarsenyesterday at 4:47 PM

Usually (but not always) such bailouts wipe out the shareholders.

cmiles8yesterday at 4:52 PM

That could happen, but the shareholders still get wiped out.