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Sometimes the govt needs to intervene and provide resources when you want to get things done properly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Press_Program https:
by tibbydudeza 6y ago
Sometimes the govt needs to intervene and provide resources when you want to get things done properly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Press_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Press_Program
- InitialLastName 6y agoYes, but some of the ROI of that intervention should be able to be captured by the US (as a representative of the people) in the form of equity or secured loans. Insisting on stimulus of private industry without equity or interest is a great way to socialize losses and privatize gains, as they say.
- tibbydudeza 6y agoAgreed. According to the article Alcoa operated them as a contractor starting in 1956 but but later bought it outright from the govt in 1982.
- lumost 6y agoa great way to do this is to create a joint venture which the government owns but the private company operates/develops. The government can later sell the stake to a private party to balance out the books.
- vkou 6y agoGreat, and it can do that in exchange for equity.
- imtringued 6y agoI never understood the existence of bailout programs without equity. If the banks, car and semiconductor companies mess up and you keep them alive then you deserve to have a say in their business and owning their shares is the easiest way to achieve that control.
- colinmhayes 6y agoAnd sometimes Intel will build fabs in America either way so there's no need to subsidize them.