[android521]

The bad unintended consequences are gonna be much bigger this way. Think of communism, it started with good intentions but the unintended consequences of absolute power concentration (who can buy or sell what and at which prices ) caused absolute corruption and inefficiency

[TeMPOraL]

The point is for the government to have the ability to occasionally look the biggest wolves of Wall Street in the eye, and say to them, "haha. but no.". Exercising it doesn't require abolishing private property and taking central control of all trade.

[android521]

His point is that government should bailout failing company. I don't think this will end well if it becomes a common practice to bail out companies.

[dangus]

Yes, communism is when the government participates in bankruptcy court, makes an investment, and gets paid principal and interest on their loan. That’s exactly what Karl Marx was talking about.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

In what way is "communism" a good example of what could happen with the US auto industry bailouts?