Where there is no punishment, thieves and dacoits rule supreme there. Manu and Chanakya maintained that punishment is the basis of the state. Here is a look at the private sector companies with the biggest corporate debt. Of course, accumulation of debt is by no means limited to companies created by Congress. According to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, without meaningful reform, the USPS w ill run out of money in 2022. Postal Service and Amtrak, are operating at a loss. Year after year, institutions on this list, like the U.S. While each of these entities was designed to be self-sustaining, not all of them are. Here is a look at some of the worst market collapses in U.S. By and large, they serve the same purpose today as they did in the 1930s. They were established to foster economic growth and instill confidence in financial institutions during a tumultuous time in U.S. Several of the wholly-owned government corporations on this list were formed during the Great Depression under President Franklin Roosevelt. Each of these entities provi des market-orie nted products or services and is designed to be financially self sufficient. Using publicly available government reports, 24/7 Wall St. Congress created these government corporations, they are typically run by a b oard of directors or an executive, and exist to meet needs that have not been met by the free market and achieve specific goals.

There are currently over a dozen institutions in the United States that, though they were created by the federal government, operate like a for-profit corporation. Not all government entities are taxpayer funded, however.

That money was used to fund a wide range o f basic publi c services, including infrastructure and social safety net programs as well as defense. The federal government collecte d $3.7 trillion in ta x revenue in fiscal 2020.

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