I expect the real issue here is that Cotton doesn’t abide by having a non-white CEO at the helm of a good ol’ American company. That said, Cadence was caught with their pants down, and should be punished accordingly.

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      If Apple (or another one of the companies you listed) massively collapsed from their leadership position, it would also be a point of discussion around whether stock buyback was justified.

      Mind you, I don’t think nationalisation is likely to help Intel or that it is a desirable outcome, I am just sharing the reasoning.

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      Because Intel was in a hole and has no business distributing so much capital they need, when their entire business is basically intense research and 10 year+ investments.

      More specifically, none of those other companies are silicon fabs.

      That’s just a small part TBH. They are like a poster child for corporate dysfunction and game of thrones-ish drama in the executive levels, and with Pat gone they are circling the drain.

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      You are right, us tax payer should be getting equity in all of them!

      Intel example is just pathetic that’s why everyone always dunks of it.