W wanted 2% of out SSI to go into the market.
International airlines are owned by their governments. Why can’t we do the same.
On the other hand it may be why the US is so special. Special enough to make you sink or swim on your own.
I think airlines can sink or swim but no one tenet is applicable to all aspects of society.
The CHIPS act, whether you approve of it or not, was an investment in technological advances in the chip industry and also to insure America’s role as a leader.
We invest in science in many ways, some have been foolish, some corrupt. Awarding some of the CHIP money to the US firm, Intel, was a decision already made. You can doubt that decision but do not conflate it with a rescue other than by supporting the CHIP industry in USA which was what the act was designed to do.