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Comment by JumpCrisscross

> If they haven't saved any money, and can't bail themselves out, they deserve bankruptcy

Agree.

What we need is a revocation of the Exchange Stabilisation Fund [1] as well as hard limits on the Defense Production Act’s Title III [2] and whatever the fuck in the CHIPS Act let the President unilaterally invest taxpayer funds in Intel.

This announcement of a non-binding resolution does none of that. It’s pure puffery.

And in case anyone thinks this is hateful or harsh, remember: bankruptcy doesn’t mean we space laser these companies. Shareholders get wiped. Creditors take over. Services probably keep getting rendered, GPUs probably keep running.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Stabilization_Fund

[2] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8323/pdf/COMPS-832...

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