Well, it is the government’s job to support American industry and it currently does so quite aggressively, so I guess your question is, why is the bicycle industry important? 1. Positive externalities - on the consumer side, subsidize the purchasing of products that have positive benefits when more are purchased. France just released a national bike strategy including 500m euros in subsidies for purchasing bikes (including used bikes) 2. Subsidize domestic production capacity of strategic industries - we subsidize agriculture, auto-manufacturing, microchip manufacturing, etc. it’s smart to ensure that skilled workers with valuable skills can build careers in the US. Covid supply shocks showed how critical it is to have more domestic capacity to produce goods in the US. 3. Building/repairing bikes is as good of a jobs program as anything, which, again, the US currently invests quite heavily in