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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: 0.202s | source
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gkanai ◴[25 Aug 25 01:28 UTC] No.45009365[source]▶
Why didnt the USGov/US military force their suppliers (Boeing, Lockheed, etc.) to buy from Intel? That would create some demand for 18A or 14A.
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1. aspenmayer ◴[25 Aug 25 01:31 UTC] No.45009378[source]▶
Maybe those are cost-plus contracts, so they would be able to claim hardship and incompatibility and send you a bill for even considering it, with an attached estimate for compliance at 10-1000x the last quote.