"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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2. What the hell is the Federal Gubmint doing giving away our taxes to a
bunch of private businesses?

A very good question, IMHO. However, given that billions went to the
airlines almost instantly (by government standards) after the 9/11 attacks,
in spite of their (partial) culpability and in spite of the fact that many
were already losing money due to factors completely unrelated to 9/11, do
you really think it's fair that businesses put out of business BY the
federal government should not be awarded some sort of aid or compensation by
the very entity that shut them down in the first place?

I mean, hell...the airlines lost almost NO money due to government actions.
GA's losses from 9/11 were almost ENTIRELY due to government actions. And
yet, who is it that the government bails out?

I dislike government bail-outs of businesses as much as the next guy, but
seems to me that this is an exception to the rule. The government is at
fault, the government should pay up. They shouldn't even be loans, IMHO.
They should be plain old restitution.

Pete