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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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bix6 ◴[24 Aug 25 22:22 UTC] No.45008321[source]▶
Are ARPA H, SBIR, NIH grants, etc. going to start taking equity stakes as well?
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antonymoose ◴[24 Aug 25 22:24 UTC] No.45008348[source]▶
Why are we socializing risk and privatizing profit?

Seems like a bad combination to me, a net positive tax payer.

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bix6 ◴[24 Aug 25 22:27 UTC] No.45008371[source]▶
I think you should research the programs a bit to understand why they have been setup this way.

Everyone benefits from more medicine, weapons, food, etc.

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aspenmayer ◴[24 Aug 25 23:18 UTC] No.45008692[source]▶
So why aren't the shares being given to the public?
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bix6 ◴[24 Aug 25 23:32 UTC] No.45008767[source]▶
Nobody gets shares in the first place as they are non dilutive grants.
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aspenmayer ◴[24 Aug 25 23:38 UTC] No.45008802[source]▶
From what I understood new shares were being created. What happens to them? Where do they go? Who has custody of them?
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bix6[dead post] ◴[24 Aug 25 23:48 UTC] No.45008858[source]▶
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aspenmayer ◴[24 Aug 25 23:50 UTC] No.45008865[source]▶
> If you’re gonna argue about this at least learn about the programs first.

Dude, this attitude is against guidelines. I'm OP: I posted this post. I'm asking in good faith. I'm forwarding this to mods.

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bix6 ◴[25 Aug 25 03:18 UTC] No.45009871{3}[source]▶
That seems a rather aggressive response to someone suggesting you read the manual in order to enable a legitimate conversation about the topic. I explained why the shares aren’t given and why benefit still accrues to the public.
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1. aspenmayer ◴[25 Aug 25 03:21 UTC] No.45009886{4}[source]▶
> That seems a rather aggressive response to someone suggesting you read the manual in order to enable a legitimate conversation about the topic. I explained why the shares aren’t given and why benefit still accrues to the public.

I disagree, but in the interest of not painting the mods into a corner with my reply, I won't pursue this thread further.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".

You didn't quite say that, but it rhymed. The sentence I quoted upthread added nothing to your comment, and that is that part I took issue with.