system
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human
Why not just buy the airlines and nationalize them instead of bailing them out?

The market cap of all these airlines is less than the purposed 58 billion bailout. Why doesn't the government just buy all the shares and then own the airlines?
gpt
The bailout is in the form of secured loans which will be paid back eventually. It isn't just giving the money to the airlines. Buying the shares would be more costly.

The average American voter also probably opposes nationalization.