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Re:OpenAI: In early talks to give 5% stake to US Government by oliver-rock on Thursday July 02, 2026 @08:16AM (#48760284)
Why 50% and not 100%? The obvious answer is it creates strange incentives. Maybe something like 5% across the board for all large tech companies make sense?
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Re:OpenAI: In early talks to give 5% stake to US Government by ralferoo on Thursday July 02, 2026 @11:36AM (#48763203)
Or instead, they could just continue the simple route of taxing companies via corporation tax and dividend tax without having to worry about ownership at all.
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