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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by vel0city on Friday August 22, 2025 @09:26PM (#44992080)
You're wrong because it wasn't some bailout it was a normal government loan available to to a wide range of companies. I'm not Tesla stan but it's massively misrepresenting the loan to call it a bailout. It's the kind of market investing the government should be doing, underwriting somewhat riskier loans to push the envelope on technology.

https://www.energy.gov/lpo/advanced-technology-vehicles-manu...

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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by mempko on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @12:22AM (#45035437)
What would have happened to Tesla without the loan? You don't think the DOE loan department had no idea of their finances? A bailout by another name is called?
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by vel0city on Thursday August 28, 2025 @10:17AM (#45052466)
If a bakery goes to a bank and gets a loan to fix their ovens is that a bailout?

Things like TARP bailouts and the auto industry bailout were weird one-off programs with very narrow beneficiaries that nobody else really had access to. This loan program in question is a normal, long standing program that anyone can apply for and has funded a lot of different things. Do you not see a difference between these?

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