Senator Rand Paul

I do think that the law also, the statute that gave money to these companies, I was against it because I'm against subsidies, particularly when we have to borrow them.

But the law didn't indicate any power, transfer any power to the president to say instead of a grant, we're going to give you, we're going to have stock in your company and that's the only way you get it.

Those conditions weren't contemplated in the law.

So I suspect eventually this will go to court.

I've been surprised how quickly the companies have acquiesced in it.

But I guess it is free money from their perspective.

When you get free money, it's hard to turn away from that.

But no, I don't like it.

I don't like the government sort of saying to NVIDIA, hey, hey guys, yeah, you can sell in China this year, but we want 15%.

You know, we want 15%.

There is no legal authority to do things like that.

You know, my problem is imagine what this would be like if you had Bondami as president or AOC as president.

There's my talking point.

It came back in.

If AOC were president, can you imagine what it would have mean for her to own the companies?

What if she owned 10 percent of Exxon?

What if she owned 10 percent of the oil companies?

Oh, my goodness.

So I don't want Republicans or Democrats to own the companies.

It's a terrible idea.