Should Congress Pass Corporate Bailouts?
Posted on AllSides March 24th, 2020
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
- On Sunday and again on Monday, a Republican-backed $1.8 trillion economic stimulus bill was delayed the Senate, largely due to opposition from Democrats. The bill includes, among other things, $58 billion in loans for airlines and about $500 billion in corporate and municipal loans controlled by the Treasury Department.
- The bill raised memories of the federal government's response to the 2008 financial crisis, including ...