> main problem is that we are rewarding companies for being disloyal and offshoring in the first place, now they win again with free money after raking in profits for decades. We should have some funding for smaller companies and R&D but also massive tariffs to force companies to bring manufacturing back
I'm no corporate apologist but the current mess is the result of a government policy designed to encourage globalization. An American company that builds stuff here will always be at a competitive disadvantage versus a foreign company that builds stuff using dramatically cheaper labor.
So I don't think it's really correct to think of these subsidies as "rewards" - it's done strategically to keep American manufacturing alive.
I would suggest that the real alternative is not to fund the smaller companies, but to simply nationalize Intel.
I'm no corporate apologist but the current mess is the result of a government policy designed to encourage globalization. An American company that builds stuff here will always be at a competitive disadvantage versus a foreign company that builds stuff using dramatically cheaper labor.
So I don't think it's really correct to think of these subsidies as "rewards" - it's done strategically to keep American manufacturing alive.
I would suggest that the real alternative is not to fund the smaller companies, but to simply nationalize Intel.