> A bonus feature of this implementation is it costs not much money. Big corporations have lots of assets and the government is sure to be re-paid. Says who? T

> A bonus feature of this implementation is it costs not much money. Big corporations have lots of assets and the government is sure to be re-paid. Says who? The whole point of loans is that there is a possibility that they will not be repaid. Banks thinks it is risky to lend money at the current interest rates so American taxpayers instead have to shoulder the whole burden. The assets owned by corporations is mostly in the form of financial instruments whose value is currently plummeting. The US government is taking on huge risks. If these loans weren't risky banks themselves would issue them. Since they aren't it stands to reason that they in fact are risky!