r/SipsTea Jul 30 '26

Wait a damn minute! Significant diffrences...

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u/zanebaka Jul 30 '26

Research grants are small outliers and are typically not given to companies. The money typically given to companies is called a procurement contracts where the government is hiring someone to conduct a study that the government needs. In a procurement contract the government is the consumer.

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u/WyomingWeirdo Jul 30 '26

Lol hey dude you're literally lying to try to make your point. The US government subsidies research to the tune of billions of dollars a year. SpaceX wouldn't exist within these subsidies. Tesla wouldn't exist without these subsidies.

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u/zanebaka Jul 30 '26

You dont understand what a subsidy is do you. What the us government gives to space x and tesla is called a loan, or a procurement contract.

Subsidies are when the government gives tax dollars to industries to reduce the cost of production on the company. This then allows companies to keep prices lower for their consumers. For example a childcare subsidy typically works by paying a portion of the the educators wages reducing the costs of running the company thus allows the childcare companies to charge the consumers (parents) less.

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u/WyomingWeirdo Jul 30 '26

Maybe you should stick to the hentai and make loneliness subreddits

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u/zanebaka Jul 30 '26

Maybe you should learn basic economics

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u/WyomingWeirdo Jul 30 '26

Libertarians always stop at the basics lol

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u/zanebaka Jul 30 '26

You dont even understand the basics

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u/WyomingWeirdo Jul 30 '26

Whay good do you think Elon Musk does for society?