[waythenewsgoes]

This doesn't work, when we tried this most recently all it did was increase stock buybacks by large corps. It's just effectively a wealth transfer to those already at the top of the food chain.

[bronco21016]

This exactly. Look at airlines. They lit tens of billions on fire in stock buy backs rather than pouring it into their businesses from 2015-2020.

Who got the first corporate handouts when COVID decimated travel?

Individual actors will act in their best interest according to the incentive structure in place.

[landemva]

USA handouts of money to airlines and foreign cruise ship operators was disgusting. Americans are soft and didn't do anything about it.