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minus-squarepeopleproblemslinkfedilinkEnglish85•11 hours agoNo, 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.
minus-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•8 hours agoIt’s a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?
minus-square@Crashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 hours agoUntil the loan is forgiven a few later…
minus-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 hours agoOh so it’s like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.
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.
It’s a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?
[Smiling Anakin]
What kind of interest is on that loan?
Until the loan is forgiven a few later…
Oh so it’s like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.