In a @postlive conversation, Senator Dave McCormick discussed whether the government should take a stake in AI and tech companies. "If the government's going to be involved, boy, you better make sure it's principles-based," McCormick told Matt Murray of The Washington Post.

@SenMcCormickPA @washingtonpost Government stakes are a form of communism.

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@SenMcCormickPA @washingtonpost Risk they make limitations and the military steal functions and humanity never benefit from it.

@SenMcCormickPA @washingtonpost "If the government's going to be involved, boy, you better make sure it's principles-based, LOL! There was a time that kind of lofty rhetoric would have been taken seriously.

@SenMcCormickPA @washingtonpost Fantastic! Noted.

@SenMcCormickPA @washingtonpost "I love the smell of state-owned means of production in the morning..."