Great Moments in Government Investment

Remember how the US gasoline-powered automobile market would never have developed without the massive government grants to Standard Oil to build out a gas station network?  Yeah, neither do I.

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Oh Ya! I totally remember that!!!

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oh wait, No I dont!!!

But, but

Standard Oil was an evil trust, and John Rockefeller was an evil robber baron!

Didn't you pay attention in 8th grade history?

But there actually was a market for gasoline.