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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by twoodfin on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @10:56AM (#4876787)
That's not the same thing, and just my point. The government didn't give Intel, Microsoft or Netscape $200M (or whatever the inflation-adjusted figure would be).
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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by jbooth on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @11:36AM (#4877036)
The market's an optimization system, it's not some religious object with holy precepts.

Sometimes you need to give optimization systems a hint.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by twoodfin on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @11:57AM (#4877144)
The government has dozens of ways to structure incentives without making half billion dollar investments in particular companies.

Telecom reform in 1996, for example, was a huge boon for the internet and related industries, and it didn't require picking one specific company over another.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by jbooth on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @12:29PM (#4877316)
Tesla wasn't picked over another company, they were the only company trying this.

The DOE gives all kinds of grants and loans to innovative energy companies because it's seen as a national security issue.

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