[johnkizer]

I understand the argument for national security. Having said that...where's the accountability if what they build is terrible? Where's the return to the investor (the public) if they succeed?

I'm not saying the government should just take over businesses...but if the government is going to essentially be an investor in a business, it should be at least as rigorous as a private investor would be.

[signatoremo]

Maybe read this to try to answer your own question?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39911733

Sometime I don’t understand HN. Such an informative article gets no traffic, yet people jump to a sensational article to discuss the very topic covered in details over there.

[mattmaroon]

Most of us don’t see articles that don’t hit the front page.

[gruez]

Presumably because it's cheaper to pay intel to set up a foundry in the US and allow them to keep all the money that results from it, than it is to pay them to set up a foundry and demand a % of the revenue.