Direct government investment in new firms is politically complicated in the US, I think. Also, yeah, execution could be a problem. There'd need to be some sor

Direct government investment in new firms is politically complicated in the US, I think. Also, yeah, execution could be a problem. There'd need to be some sort of compliance mechanism to ensure that people don't just take the money and buy fancy cars. At the same time, it can't be too heavy-handed, or bureaucratic checks-and-balances will bog down the entire program and destroy any momentum it might have had.