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The federal government has offered or, in some cases, even forced loans or bailouts to banks, insurance companies, and automobile manufacturers. What are the economic or moral reasons for the federal government trying to rescue corporations in risk of failure? Provide examples and discuss the impact of such bailouts from the recent past or current issues. Do you agree with these public policies? Discuss why or why not.

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Outline of discussion points about the federal government polices on the bailouts in the past few years. The expert provides examples and discusses the impact of such bailouts.

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Bailouts serve multiple purposes for most entities being "rescued." The first is it gives time to companies that are either impacted by business practices that are poor or by slow efforts to recognize changes in their industry and the economy. For banks and insurance companies, the bad poor practices, often illegal or borderline illegal, gave rise to many other industries facing problems.

The most important reason to bail out these organizations is to save ...

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