Re: @NeilPost
Readers unfamiliar with the USian quantum (two conflicting things at once) definition of socialism might want to read about TARP. E.g. start at (but do not rely soley on)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program
So basically the US Government, which is supposedly a believer in capitalism, intervened to rescue not only a collapsed financial system, but a collapsed auto industry. Sounds more like corporate cronyism to me, but then what do I know.
I do know that socialism for the US corporate kleptocrats is OK, apparently, so long as the money comes *to* them rather than flowing in the opposite direction.
Matters don't seem to have improved since. How many times have Trump companies been unable to pay their bills to they extent that they've declared bankruptcy?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
