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> Interestingly, in the past, the US federal government actively made efforts to keep private organizations from becoming too dominant. They seem to do the opp
by huijzer 1y ago
> Interestingly, in the past, the US federal government actively made efforts to keep private organizations from becoming too dominant.
They seem to do the opposite now because small businesses can expect little support from the government (and surely no big subsidies like the large players are getting in for example the Stargate joint venture). Especially COVID was seen by many small business owners are extremely tough since larger stores were allowed to stay open while the small businesses were not.
- kadushka 1y agoWhat subsidies is Stargate project getting from US government?
- huijzer 1y agoI remembered incorrectly. They are getting "emergency declarations" support: > Donald Trump called it "the largest AI infrastructure project in history", and he indicated that he would use emergency declarations to expedite the project's development, particularly regarding energy infrastructure. So it might not be strictly a subsidy, but it surely is taxpayer-support.
- kadushka 1y agoWas that the same Donald Trump who said he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours if elected?
- pas 1y agosmall businesses get a lot of exemptions from various regulations, and small business owners/proprietors tend to be very vocal and effective politically of course big systemic things are usually not great for them (such as technological change helping bigger businesses to be run more efficiently, thus eroding their edge)