Let's not bail out the airlines.
Let's not bail out the oil companies.
Let's emerge from the pandemic into a new, green economy.
To bail out the airlines in response to the pandemic is to address one catastrophe by promoting an even bigger one.
And instead of Richard Branson offering his private island as collateral for a government bailout, why doesn't he sell the island and use his own assets to support his own companies?
He wants to remain as rich as Croesus, while the government saves his business.
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