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Uncle Sam shouldn't own Intel stock

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335 points aspenmayer | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 21:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Animats ◴[24 Aug 25 22:07 UTC] No.45008237[source]▶
It's socialism, after all, for the Government to own an interest in a company.

Covered yesterday on YC.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989773

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boredatoms ◴[24 Aug 25 22:12 UTC] No.45008266[source]▶
We can finally get that universal healthcare then
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aspenmayer ◴[24 Aug 25 22:18 UTC] No.45008297[source]▶
The healthcare industry doesn't need a bailout, though, so the US has no leverage to demand 10% of healthcare companies' stocks.
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1. TehCorwiz ◴[24 Aug 25 22:26 UTC] No.45008357{3}[source]▶
The healthcare industry as it is is dominated by parasitic middlemen sucking the money from both patient and provider.