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Re:Senate approves $250B bill to boost tech research by whatshisface on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @11:46PM (#27444007)
Do you know of any stories of that happening in the past? (not that I find it hard to believe, just that examples that are hard not to believe are better than suggestions that aren't hard to believe.)
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Re:Senate approves $250B bill to boost tech research by sohei on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:51AM (#27444331)
The solar subsidies in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are regarded as a failure by partisans in both parties. I think the US is beyond fixing at this point. This $250bn is going to end up in Teslas, yachts, and Florida beach houses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/upshot/biden-stimulus.htm...

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Re:Senate approves $250B bill to boost tech research by mnouquet on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:50AM (#27444639)
Same happened in France. Public money goes to French companies which then subcontract to China, manufacture there, to import the final product in France.
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