[UweSchmidt]

A market based solution would be investors buying struggling companies at a discount, or companies using their reserves that they have built based on normal risk management.

Bailout money should be used to help people during unemployment.

[nemo44x]

I mainly agree with this. Companies living paycheck to paycheck should sell equity. The US government should set aside money to buy into these new equity offerings.

For non-public and small business there can be funds set aside to help them.

And then yes, simply increase unemployment distributions for the time bring to 80% previous income for a couple months.