A state-owned enterprise is a business enterprise where the government or state has significant control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership. During the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak Larry Kudlow, the White House’s top economic advisor, said the Trump administration would consider asking for an equity stake in corporations that needed taxpayer aid. “One of the ideas is, if we provide assistance, we might take an equity position,” Kudlow said Wednesday at the White House, adding that the 2008 bailout of [the automaker General Motors] had been a good deal…
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the government has an inherent responsibility to the companies under its governance even in times of crisis, so bailing them out should not create an obligation for the allocation of equity to government entities
@9WY6V9W4wks4W
No, but government bail out should be limited to small businesses and businesses that have paid taxes
@92Z6JQ23yrs3Y
No, the government should not bail any company out
@928V5773yrs3Y
No, the government shouldn't be bailing companies out. They should be supporting people not corporations
@923W59Y3yrs3Y
I have literally no idea
@8YZHGJVLiberal Democrat3yrs3Y
No, the government should never bail out any private enterprise
@8YHWBXV3yrs3Y
yes but should sell them off after recession to re-coop costs not hold them forever
@8LQWQGC4yrs4Y
The government shouldn’t be bailing the companies out in the first place
@8CZT5VZ4yrs4Y
I don’t think companies should be bailed out. It’s up to the company to manage their finances and futures or change course
@HippopiJ2yrs2Y
No, governments should not bail out private corporations.
@933VHD63yrs3Y
They should get paid back. That’s it. Nothing more. Nothing less.
No but having provided a bailout once there should be no assistance rendered a second time. Also bailouts should only be made under the proviso of higher regulation and better governance for the recipients of such bailouts.
@92BK5CZ3yrs3Y
Yes but that equity must be vested for a period of x years and then sold. Governments and companies on the same side will lead to collusion.
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