This is totally backwards and makes no sense, I agree. Bailout money should come only for those who keep the work force in place. European countries have a thi

This is totally backwards and makes no sense, I agree. Bailout money should come only for those who keep the work force in place. European countries have a thing called "short-time work", where you put staff on restricted schedules and the government pays e.g. 80% of the difference between the normal and the shortened hours. This is thightly coupled to not being able to do mass layoffs while "short-time work" is in place.