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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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vjvjvjvjghv ◴[24 Aug 25 23:08 UTC] No.45008643{3}[source]▶
The healthcare industry is receiving perpetual bailouts through drug import restrictions, tax deductions, subsidies and favorable legislation.
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1. aspenmayer ◴[24 Aug 25 23:46 UTC] No.45008842{4}[source]▶
> The healthcare industry is receiving perpetual bailouts through drug import restrictions, tax deductions, subsidies and favorable legislation.

The chip fab industry builds billion dollar bespoke superfund sites, and they're paid for the privilege.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv65swcp.5 | https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv65swcp.5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfund