But there surely are many ways to incentivise founding of companies (we want) that do not look suspiciously like tax handouts to rich people. I get the idea no

But there surely are many ways to incentivise founding of companies (we want) that do not look suspiciously like tax handouts to rich people. I get the idea no-one has managed to reproduce silicon valley. But that started life as decades long military investment in future tech. it's hard to argue that motivated governments could not repeat for green tech, bio tech etc.