Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant
by holy_city on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:19PM
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>while subsidizing Intel to the tune of billions
According to your source the US government is subsidizing Intel to the tune of $228,154,638, $141mm of which are loans. The lions share of those billions are incentives from Oregon and New Mexico to keep Intel manufacturing in their states.
>The absurdity of it all is immense, yet still seems to elude most US Americans.
What seems absurd in my opinion, is the idea it's a bad idea to prevent an unfriendly foreign power from gaining more access to your communication infrastructure. That's not hypocritical, it's pragmatic national security policy...
According to your source the US government is subsidizing Intel to the tune of $228,154,638, $141mm of which are loans. The lions share of those billions are incentives from Oregon and New Mexico to keep Intel manufacturing in their states.
>The absurdity of it all is immense, yet still seems to elude most US Americans.
What seems absurd in my opinion, is the idea it's a bad idea to prevent an unfriendly foreign power from gaining more access to your communication infrastructure. That's not hypocritical, it's pragmatic national security policy...