> Did the government set out to subsidise an upstream industry, or did they set out to incentivise consumers to purchase certain products? It's both. If you wa

> Did the government set out to subsidise an upstream industry, or did they set out to incentivise consumers to purchase certain products? It's both. If you want customers to buy certain products in large volumes, there has to be capacity to manufacture said products in large volumes. > Interesting that mine do, and yours don't. Me asking you for evidence does not preclude you from asking the same of me. If you want evidence that government subsidies and incentives do work, I can readily provide that[1] - it seems pretty self-evident to me considering history, and international trade complaints about subsidies. 1. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/1/534 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/1/534, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131743/, cash for clunkers, etc