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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, see that is explicitly not what I agreed with before.

Microsoft buys the plant and Microsoft pays start and maintenance cost.

If it will privately benefit Microsoft they can privately fund it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

[Smiling Anakin]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Until the loan is forgiven a few later...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Oh so it's like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What kind of interest is on that loan?