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Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

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Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#31
To all those saying that those companies can afford it themselves, remember that there are reasons they don't. The economics don't add up. Companies tend to do what is in their economic interest to do.

Something like this can change the economics, which could be a good thing.

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#32

1. Set up off shore tax havens to not pay tax 2. Lobby government for subsidies 3. Laugh all the way to the off shore bank

protip: the funds are in on-shore banks under offshore business names. this isn't controversial, just something many don't understand as readily available and commonplace.

Protip: Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's ethical or good

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#34

> Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for government chip manufacturing subsidies. Assholes. They don't need subsidies to produce chips competitively in America (since they already do) and Intel is one of the reasons the industry is so reliant on TSMC. I'd much rather see this money go to founding a domestic TSMC competitor than to Intel. Or even to TSMC to have them build plants in North America. Fabl…

Yes, let's subsidize a domestic TSMC competitor and pay for it by increasing corporate tax rates / closing loopholes. This is not a snarky comment btw.

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#35
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Wealthiest entities on Earth lobbies government for handouts. I'm not even being snarky, this is just a lobby group trying to socialize costs to avoid spending their own money. Explicitly: “Government should refrain from intervening as industry works to correct the current supply-demand imbalance causing the shortage,”. The industry is not stripped for cash at all, so if the government is not expected to steer, why s…

The worst part is that they might get such handouts. I don't understand how, given their mighty fortunes, they haven't achieved 99.9% automation to keep costs as low as in cheap labour countries. If anything I think the EU, US and UK should subsidise research in achieving near full automation. Sucks for low skilled labour but they’ve already been fucked when jobs were moved overseas.

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#36
If this truly comes to fruition, it would be a prime mover in displacing Chinese global hegemony and stave off its bullish nature.

China maintains economic well being by donating the chip market and also the supply chains.

The Quad has emerged to dislocate Chinese tyranny in the Indo-Pacific, and US chip takeover will be one of the last strokes in China’s downfall.

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#37

How about you spend some of that cash hoard and do it yourself? I would rather the government start dealing with cyber attacks because that's going to affect the east coast something fierce if this crap keeps going. If the government gives money then it better talk to these companies about where their items are produced.

The money printers are going full bore. Why not get it for free?

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#39

How about you spend some of that cash hoard and do it yourself? I would rather the government start dealing with cyber attacks because that's going to affect the east coast something fierce if this crap keeps going. If the government gives money then it better talk to these companies about where their items are produced.

never spend your own money when you can convince the government its in national interest and thus worthwhile for tax dollars!

~Montgomery Burns...probably

Re: Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

#40
> Some of the world’s biggest chip buyers, including Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google, are joining top chip-makers such as Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for government chip manufacturing subsidies.

> “Government should refrain from intervening as industry works to correct the current supply-demand imbalance causing the shortage,” the group said.

What do they think "intervening" means?

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