Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35) and House Financial Services Ranking Member Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) led a Democratic resolution warning of an artificial-intelligence-related asset bubble and opposing any taxpayer bailout of Big Tech or Wall Street firms if it bursts. Joined by 11 cosponsors including Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Jan Schakowsky, and Rashida Tlaib, they argue that AI companies hold trillions of dollars in debt raised in opaque private credit markets, while stock valuations mirror the 1990s tech bubble peak.
Casar declared that failed AI firms should go bankrupt and executives committing fraud must be held accountable, with federal aid directed to workers and retirees. Waters invoked the 2008 crisis, when banks received trillions in bailouts while 10 million homeowners lost houses and millions of workers suffered prolonged unemployment.
The resolution commits to blocking emergency lending, capital infusions, or "golden parachutes" for executives of insolvent AI firms, demanding instead civil and criminal accountability and return of ill-gotten assets. It urges aggressive federal spending to create jobs, protect state and local services, and strengthen unemployment safeguards for ordinary Americans.
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