The United States Is Turning Chinese—and That’s a Problem

from Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski · host Finance, Investing, & Markets

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured The federal government is now taking equity stakes in private companies. Let that sink in. A $1.3 billion loan, hundreds of millions in taxpayer cash, and Uncle Sam as a shareholder. This isn’t capitalism—it’s state-directed, Chinese-style economics. When the government picks winners and losers, competition dies, innovation stalls, and moral hazard explodes. If you wouldn’t trust the referee to own one of the teams, why are we okay with this?

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