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Not sure why this is downvoted. Crony capitalism needs these events to redirect more money to the beneficiaries.

All hidden losses from the past 4 years will be booked in the Coronavirus quarter and then it is bailout time again.

Exactly, it would be naive to assume that the Fed didn't indentify and take advantage of this opportunity to bail out their cronies. The boom has lasted 10 years, that's about as long as these things typically last.

Other countries will also follow suite. But it's good to see that countries like Australia are doing cash injections the right way. In the Australia, they did a much smaller AUD $17 billion cash injection but they gave money to senior citizens instead of big financial institutions.

Welfare is meant for the poor and vulnerable, not for the rich.

I think I misinterpreted your original statement. When you said "It's possible that the government had to make sure that the Coronavirus would take hold in the US first," I thought you meant "An agent of the US government literally dropped a vial of victim spit in JFK airport, 12-Monkeys style." Apologies if I misunderstood you.

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