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Jeffrey Carter's avatar

I should have added in this post and will make the comment in all caps:

THE US GOVT SHOULD NOT GET EQUITY, WARRANTS OR ANY OTHER PROFIT KICKBACK FROM COMPANIES IT DOES BUSINESS WITH. Hence, if they buy vaccines, and give them away for free, the govt should not get warrants for that.

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David A. Rosen's avatar

@jeffrey. You picked up on an important aspect of government. It believes itself to be an investor with its operating cash-flow from taxpayers. Lets get back to servicing the community and doing it well.

One other missing aspect of this scenario are the state and local government relationships with NGOs. In my experience watching Massachusetts as an example, the State Government is looking to support growth in manufacturing in the state. [Noble Goal]. They have set aside more than $25M in money for "Grants" to support this. However, they are not allowed to give money directly to companies, based on STATE LAWS. SOOOOOOO, they give it to NGOs who then give grants to companies directly... unaccountable NGO leaders who do not have any business sense nor look at the effective impact of these grants and understand that giving money to a company that has no market for its products is not a good thing. OR, to give money to the good guys who are already successful, and pocket the extra cash, is not smart.

What we need is "GOOD" Sense... Not just "Common Sense" as the common is not always a smart thing...

David

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