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Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companies (mashable.com)
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[โ€“] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The point being, if the public owns half of the company but the company is failing, now the public has acquired 50% liability of a dying business.

Like others said though, I'm sure taxpayers will be on the hook either way.

[โ€“] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Do these companies have liabilities?