John R. Carroll wrote:
We could always "pop" a replacement up.
There isn't a single reason not to wipe out every dollar of shareholder
equity as a quid pro quo and I can think of several reasons to do exactly
that.



No, it would take congressional hearings that would go on for
MANY MANY months. Then, there would be departmental meetings
that would go on for many months. As an emergency crash
project, I think Washington could do it in 2 years, minimum.
Without it being a "war project" it would take 6.

By then, the US government would have moved to a teepee in Omaha!

Jon