You need to study history. US government is no stranger in getting stakes in businesses. Did you already forget the Great Depression?

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/governmen...

▲

bink 3 days ago | parent [-]

We aren't anywhere close to being in a depression though. What extraordinary situation requires the government to take a stake in a public company and under what conditions will this position be liquidated?

▲

meowky 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> We aren't anywhere close to being in a depression though.

This may be true in the economic sense. But “depression” is as much a political sensation as it is a technically defined economic term. We happen to live in an era where economics for the public is profoundly politicized.

▲

rpmisms 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

We are very close to being in a depression. Most of our money has nothing to do with actually feeding or housing people. If the wrong thing shifts, we're toast.

▲

bink 2 days ago | parent [-]

The unemployment rate is still near historic lows and while new job numbers are getting worse they're still positive overall. We aren't anywhere close to being in a depression currently.

	▲	rpmisms a day ago \| parent [-]
		The unemployment rate does not count people who stopped trying. We are far closer than you think.