Endymio
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LOL, what? I personally can name several where debt exceeded equity by TEN times or more. That's the entire point of a restructuring ... most of that debt effectively vanishes the moment the bankruptcy is declared.Most bankruptcies don't involve companies with three times the debt as their total physical assets.
Except a basic restructuring is **exactly** what they went through ... just one managed by the federal government, instead of a traditional bankruptcy court.GM/Chrysler were "well" beyond a basic restructuring
Again: the moment they declared bankruptcy, credit lines would have been readily available to them, as their financial position would shift instantly that bankruptcy was declared....and without a line of credit the job losses would have been easily in excess of a million
Except that never happened. Profitable factories don't stop operations when a bankruptcy is declared. In fact, the bankruptcy court would have demanded they remain open, to generate revenue for the restructuring.the government getting involved saved around 1 Million jobs