So US companies will take government money intended to rescue jobs and businesses, and instead use them for some quick profit for their shareholders and executives.
I think those French conditions are entirely reasonable and sensible.
I think those French conditions are entirely reasonable and sensible.
What people are complaining about is that previously these companies did buy backs. Boeing did buybacks (when they were profitable, though they cancelled them when the 737 MAX disaster began). The airlines did buybacks. Etc.
People are complaining that if these companies all sat on enormous war chests they wouldn't need help now. But that has never happened and will never happen like that because it would be ludicrously inefficient for the market at large.
One can't spend half the money and have one but not the other.