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1. TARP: $700b fund to buy out toxic mortgages 2. Release Fed liquidity to credit markets 3. Govt guarantees to allow troubled banks to be bought by less troubled banks 4. Banks converting to holding banks to improve Fed protections 5. Nationalisation of AIG, Mac & Mae

oh good, I really thought that was their plan more or less

Even if the government did do some "Creative accounting", it wouldn't have enough money to bail these companies out.

One thing to note is that the government *can't* bailout these companies. With the amount of money that they're burning, the gov't would be faced with two choices: not bail them out and let one part of the economy sink us into recession, or bail them out and ensure a much bigger recession

Ed litterally pointed out in a CNBC interview (near the three minute mark) that it'll be more pointless anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmP...

Bailouts also have to have something to bail out. Bail out a car company? Cool, they pay off their debts and go back to making cars. A thing people need and buy. AI? What the hell would a bailout achieve? Ok, you pay off their debts and...they still aren't a functioning profitable business.

Not too big to fail, too vital to national security to fail. Administration already showed their hand with the Xai lawsuit in Mississippi. Go ahead and plan on the tax payer bailout.

Not too big to fail, but too useless to bail?

People are so ready to roll over and die here

It's not too big to fail but a lot of vested interests will say it is.

The issues (as per the FT below) is actually bigger than AI as the whole stock market is in a bubble with both prices and earning running ridiculously hot and high. The question is can the AI bubble burst without it creating a chain reaction across the whole market? www.ft.com/content/8e93...

What would a bailout even do when these companies aren’t breaking even? The government could pay all their debts right now and they’d need another bailout 5 minutes later.