Elon: I need $1.5 billion or else SpaceX will go broke
Fed: approved
Elon: /rockets blow up on launchpad/
Intel CEO: I need $7.6 billion or else we can't afford payroll
Fed: approved
Intel CEO: /cuts 5,000 jobs/
United CEO: Airlines need $54 billion dollars or else 35,000 workers will be furloughed
Fed: approved
Airlines: /fires 400,000 workers/
Average Joe: my wife got cancer. Can we get Medicaid?
Fed: denied