All of the companies would have commenced bankruptcy procedures and the millions of workers they were employing would have been fired. At a first level, the state would have had to offer those former employees social aid. Then, the national purchasing power would have decreased even more, to impact the national demand and the national production. Also, the country's competitive position within the global market would have decreased dramatically. Overall then, while the bailouts may not have been fairly and efficiently allocated and while they did not revive the economy immediately, they did prevent it from taking an even more damaging turn.
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2009, the History of U.S. Government Corporate Bailouts, credit Loan, http://www.creditloan.com/infographics/the-history-of-us-government-corporate-bailouts / last accessed on May 21, 2010
