It's remarkable that the same parties who denounce any government participation in markets will be using that government to decide which companies to prop up. N

It's remarkable that the same parties who denounce any government participation in markets will be using that government to decide which companies to prop up. No doubt with lobbyist's advice. The irony is there is a way to do this _and_ use a little market force: dump the money on to consumers and let them rather than lobbyists decide what is worth keeping afloat. I imagine in that case, cruise lines would be lower priority.