The Intel board makes a share placement - nothing unusual about that and an accepted decision to bring in a new major shareholder. The issue isn’t the mechanism of investment. It’s rather the arbitrary stock picking distorting the market. Government sets the investment environment. /1
Its role is not to direct invest even in industries that are deemed to be essential for security. Regulatory and legislative measures and incentives are more efficient and better.
that's been the precedent, yes, but i certainly don't agree with it.
No, they aren't. Your way has left America in China's dust and only benefits a tiny group of billionaires.