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by sohei 1831 days ago
The solar subsidies in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are regarded as a failure by partisans in both parties. I think the US is beyond fixing at this point. This $250bn is going to end up in Teslas, yachts, and Florida beach houses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/upshot/biden-stimulus.htm...

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Same happened in France. Public money goes to French companies which then subcontract to China, manufacture there, to import the final product in France.