[Svartalfiar]

The IM-Ex bank has make something on the order of $7 billion that gets returned to the treasury over the last 20 years. And in the process helped American jobs. They don’t finance unproven technologies like Solandra. They finance export deals where there is an established product and a clear buyer and seller.

Hmm.. So anything the government does that has a positive return into the treasury is acceptable? Why bother with private companies in this case? With essentially unlimited resources, FedZilla can operate any company easier than silly peasants worried about bottom lines. All companies should just turn over control and profits to the gov!

[FreedomNotSafety]

You are on to something! The government should own all profitable businesses. Think of the money flowing into the Treasury and all of the kind benevolent things the US Federal Government could do!

Then all the industrial planners and engineers (many to be found right here on this forum) could do what works and the rest of us could happily follow their plans. No more worries about China it would be our benighted planners versus the Commie planners.

Utopia!