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Instead of subsidizing the semiconductor industry (and others) with free subsidies, why not invest the money in the companies and issue shares to every registered tax payer equally. At least then the citizens might see some benefits from yet another huge act of corporate welfare.

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cause as individual investors you can't force the company to build fabs. company will make money for investors in other ways.

The investment could be a special class of stock that would be contingent upon building fabs with installments on completion of milestones or a penalty to the company applies. The penalty could be applied in many ways like direct tariffs on that company, penalty tax, direct cash penalty, or even nationalization of the company in extreme circumstances.

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