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Before discussing whether the start of credit crunch relief can be achieved through government intervention, let's explore very briefly how a bailout works. When companies are struggling to the point an entire industry could collapse there is great potential for economic upheaval and the government feels the pressure to step in and prevent this from happening. The result is a bailout where they hand the struggling businesses money in many different forms, hoping that it will help them clear bad debt off their books and allow further trade both with consumers and with other businesses. Bailouts have been used at various times in U.S. history and there is great debate over whether they have worked in the past or not. Sometimes the bailout is straight loaning of government cash while other times it comes by the government buying out bad debt, such as foreclosed mortgages, giving the company money to continue operating as normal as well as relief from the debt. Since the bad debts are almost always attached to property that is worth much less than the actual money owed, the government will get some of its money back in the end but will end up losing a lot of it as well. Bailouts tend to focus on whatever industry is the current leader in the economy, and right now the financial industry is at the top of that list. There once was a serious leaning on manufacturing and that is why that industry received a large bailout in the past. The USA's economy has moved beyond manufacturing with more of those jobs moved overseas, and finances have taken the most important role. Using these past bailouts to determine whether the current attempts will be the start of credit crunch relief brings heated debate. For example, some people believe that the Chrysler bailout was successful because all of the money was paid back to the government in a short period of time. However, others argue that so many people lost their jobs through that deal that it cannot be considered a success. These current bailouts could very well be the start of credit crunch relief in the United States by any standards, since thousands of jobs are being lost regardless of the government's intervention. Practically every industry is struggling right now so any action that can be the start of credit crunch relief must be help up with hope and support, whatever it may bring in the future. |
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