It's very beneficial for a nation to have a skilled workforce and so funding from the top via something like this, is the general idea: https://www.dol.gov/feat

It's very beneficial for a nation to have a skilled workforce and so funding from the top via something like this, is the general idea: https://www.dol.gov/featured/apprenticeship/grants https://www.dol.gov/featured/apprenticeship/grants That is to say, the nation benefits, the government offsets much of the burden from the master, and the industry can still be competitive to attract (or retain, in the case of the master) the trained talent.