Originally Posted by Lottie23

I know you all might like to make assumptions, but when the government has a 49.9% stake in the underlying company that you're talking about might go bankrupt, didn't you stop and think to yourself......ummmm, if I was a government and owned 49.9% of something, would I let it go down the drain and lose my complete investment?? Or will I do whatever I can, in this case make one phone call and lend alitalia $300M euros, so it can stay afloat through the year end until someone comes in and buys it up and I can cash out and not lose my complete investment.......come on guys!