[Safetgiver]

Is it the woman going into Commerce Department headquarters to support U.S. companies abroad?...Why does any private business need government help? Are we picking winners and losers again?

[familyop]

"Why does any private business need government help?"

To prevent new, small competition from starting new manufacturing on U.S. soil. Government enforces anti-competition laws for them, even in county governments in unpopulated areas. Federal funding is a main staple of state and local governments.