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r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 9h ago
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there's at least a glimmer of "its not a free market" when all those companies are only so cheap because they are MASSIVELY subsidized by the Chinese Government.
I dont agree with banning them, but the argument is there and legit at least a little.
15 u/robmanjr 8h ago We subsidize all kinds of stupid shit like teslas or anything else that super genius wants, but not regular cars. 16 u/joka2696 8h ago We bailed out the big three long before the "super genius". 9 u/Dracomortua 8h ago Yes, multiple times. In the 80s and then again about 30 years later. Not to mention gas subsidies as well as bankrupting most forms of rail. Off the top of my head? I am sure that they got more but i am not an American. 2 u/joka2696 6h ago The only reason railroads exist in the Northeast U.S. is because of government subsidies.
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We subsidize all kinds of stupid shit like teslas or anything else that super genius wants, but not regular cars.
16 u/joka2696 8h ago We bailed out the big three long before the "super genius". 9 u/Dracomortua 8h ago Yes, multiple times. In the 80s and then again about 30 years later. Not to mention gas subsidies as well as bankrupting most forms of rail. Off the top of my head? I am sure that they got more but i am not an American. 2 u/joka2696 6h ago The only reason railroads exist in the Northeast U.S. is because of government subsidies.
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We bailed out the big three long before the "super genius".
9 u/Dracomortua 8h ago Yes, multiple times. In the 80s and then again about 30 years later. Not to mention gas subsidies as well as bankrupting most forms of rail. Off the top of my head? I am sure that they got more but i am not an American. 2 u/joka2696 6h ago The only reason railroads exist in the Northeast U.S. is because of government subsidies.
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Yes, multiple times. In the 80s and then again about 30 years later.
Not to mention gas subsidies as well as bankrupting most forms of rail. Off the top of my head? I am sure that they got more but i am not an American.
2 u/joka2696 6h ago The only reason railroads exist in the Northeast U.S. is because of government subsidies.
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The only reason railroads exist in the Northeast U.S. is because of government subsidies.
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u/SvartrKukkSceand 8h ago
there's at least a glimmer of "its not a free market" when all those companies are only so cheap because they are MASSIVELY subsidized by the Chinese Government.
I dont agree with banning them, but the argument is there and legit at least a little.