But imagine if we hadn't bailed them out, we would be travelling by river boat today. I'm being sarcastic of course. Politicians are so quick to bail out "cri

But imagine if we hadn't bailed them out, we would be travelling by river boat today. I'm being sarcastic of course. Politicians are so quick to bail out "critical" businesses, which, on the face of it, makes sense. But it's not like all those planes and pilots and crews disappear if an airline goes out of business. The corrupt crony companies need to be allowed to fail so that others can take their place and investors can learn from their mistakes.