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MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
18. No
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 10:32 PM
Mar 2020

Give the people what they lost in wages and let us “the market” decide where to spend it.

Only help businesses that are critical to national defense and sovereignty. Boeing, under a new board and management and strict rules - because we need aircraft manufacturing capability. To a lesser extent the airlines. Auto companies seem ok so far.

Help small businesses. And it’s time to make Amazon into a market platform rather than an oligopoly.

Refinance all loans at 1% secured and 5% unsecured. Since we are fully compensating lost wages, people will still qualify without lowering criteria. No cash out. This is all loans, including credit cards moved to a consolidated 5% loan since it is unsecured.

Offer Medicare for the unemployed. They can choose to stay on it or take employer plan once reemployed. One time choice.

That leaves a ton of money for an infrastructure plan. Corporations can bid for a piece of that pie.

no, unless its for employees and workers nt msongs Mar 2020 #1
They all hire mostly foreign workers.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #5
Does anyone know what the total payroll for US citizens exboyfil Mar 2020 #20
it may be significant, but hidden.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #23
I agree duforsure Mar 2020 #53
Scuttle 'em. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #2
Doesn't tRump always say "Murica first" jls4561 Mar 2020 #3
Let their "Flag" countries bail out the corporations. rickford66 Mar 2020 #4
Gidney N Cloyd... pdxflyboy Mar 2020 #6
From the number of times Mike Pence said "the industry" in his press conference applegrove Mar 2020 #7
F, NO !!!!!!! F, NO !!!!!!! F, NO !!!!!!! F, NO !!!!!!! alittlelark Mar 2020 #8
No. Let trumps"free market" economics drive them out of business. nt Ilsa Mar 2020 #9
sure... BGBD Mar 2020 #10
Well wait a minute,.. not so fast there,... magicarpet Mar 2020 #11
NO. DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #12
That's one industry that shouldn't get help. Hoyt Mar 2020 #13
Agreed customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #40
Really. They are floating incubators of disease, and will be more expensive Hoyt Mar 2020 #50
Airlines are part of our infrastructure, Cruise lines are as essential as roller derby. grantcart Mar 2020 #47
Good way to put it. My only concern is a lot of people here do work in industry. Hoyt Mar 2020 #49
No, and I'll tell you another one localroger Mar 2020 #14
Nope. Bluethroughu Mar 2020 #15
NO. spanone Mar 2020 #16
Absolutely not. They are foreign corporations. Glorfindel Mar 2020 #17
No MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #18
No Gothmog Mar 2020 #19
Hell no! doc03 Mar 2020 #21
National Review agrees exboyfil Mar 2020 #22
"Carnival, which employs few Americans and is of no strategic economic value, is not one of those co Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #24
Like somebody else said, these are one of the least essential businesses out there. craigw Mar 2020 #25
Hell, no. They also relayerbob Mar 2020 #26
force them to re-flag, permanently, or face a penalty... JCMach1 Mar 2020 #27
They can't Sgent Mar 2020 #42
Screw em...they wanted to pay NOTHING here,give them NOTHING Bengus81 Mar 2020 #54
saltwater leeches bringthePaine Mar 2020 #28
No Aquaria Mar 2020 #29
K&R spanone Mar 2020 #30
No TheDemsshouldhireme Mar 2020 #31
Fuck those polluting gluttony emporiums! SunSeeker Mar 2020 #32
Only if xmas74 Mar 2020 #33
Absolutely not... not paying taxes & avoiding US employment law sounds like enough bailout NotHardly Mar 2020 #34
Exactly.. whathehell Mar 2020 #39
Let them get bailouts from the countries whose flag they sail under whathehell Mar 2020 #35
lol. Bahamas bailout. Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #36
They don't give us squat -- We owe them Nothing. .n/t whathehell Mar 2020 #38
When John Oliver starts back up again, I would love to see him take down cruises. Initech Mar 2020 #37
Patriot Act on Netflix did an episode on cruise ships. It's crazy the amount of stuff they Luciferous Mar 2020 #43
I will have to check it out. Initech Mar 2020 #45
Hell no Luciferous Mar 2020 #41
No corporations should be getting any bailout at all. The American citizens that earn 100k or less cstanleytech Mar 2020 #44
Let'em go to Liberia for a bailout sandensea Mar 2020 #46
Cruise Lines are almost the definition of "nonessential industries." Brother Mythos Mar 2020 #48
nope... no known investments in Disney... don't some of their practices Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #58
Nope, better that money go to save American businesses Amishman Mar 2020 #51
Celebrity's headquarters is in Miami. My what a little flag can do! KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #52
Seems like a good time for one of the world's great environmental hazards to sail into the sunset. Magoo48 Mar 2020 #55
Bail out the workers, not the businesses Chainfire Mar 2020 #56
Not a fucking dime. nt Nay Mar 2020 #57
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