It's somewhat entertaining to watch both sides argue about this as if it's some major difference when both are actually aligned on wanting bigger gov and more gov ownership/control of corps (one party via taxes the other wants it direct).
We don’t count reduced taxes as a loss in the same way as losses on equities owned. That changes the electoral incentives.
Corporations are literally government sponsored entities. Where do you think they get their limited liability and separate legal personhood from?
We should own a piece of every single one for that service we provide.
What does that look like in practice?
Also, you'd do better if you assumed good faith.
When an institution becomes financially dependent on something for its revenues, that something gains a lot of power over the institution.
Yeah, that hypothetical is terrifying! It's not like our entire government is in the pocket of the largest of these corporations anyway! That would be an entirely new scenario that we should avoid at all costs!