“It worked so well in the Soviet Union, right?”
You do understand that this applies only to companies taking bailout (mine and yours) money, right?
You understand that the government has the ability to FORCE companies to take bailout money right?
The whole point is, they won’t stop there.
Before you know it, all executive salaries will be controlled with the excess going to the government to hand out to who they see fit.
It’s classic Marxism 101. And once it starts, it will keep on going.
That minor detail appears to have slipped past practically everyone posting on this thread.