Maggie Severns
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first heard May 2026
last heard 7 May
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WSJ What’s News · What the U.S. Government Is Doing With Its Stakes in Companies · 7 May 2026
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There are examples from history like the New Deal era where the government was very involved in building infrastructure and more involved in private business.
And then in the 70s, 80s, we had this swing of
towards more laissez-faire capitalism and the idea that the government should really be hands-off, right?
So this is a real departure from several decades that preceded us when it comes to the government starting to say, we want to be more hands-on even when it comes to the specific companies.
So we don't have term sheets for these deals.
We don't know the details of them.
In some cases, the government has said that it would have some kind of power to influence company decisions.
In other cases, we don't know.
The profit only exists for the most part if you sell the stock, right?
He said that the government's made so much money off of Intel stock because the stock is up, but that's only if we sold our share in Intel.
And the government hasn't really articulated what plans might be.
There's not an exit strategy yet.
They haven't said, you know, here's when we would sell or why we would sell.
They also haven't said what they would do with dividends.
If you get dividends, are you reinvesting them in the company?
Are you taking that money and moving it to Treasury?
Is it going somewhere else?
We don't know.
Some lobbyists have started to actually counsel CEOs if they're going in to meet with the president or top staff.
They'll say,
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