Re:Samsung asks for planning permission for 11 fabs in Texas
by chii on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:40AM
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> Samsung is saying they might build a fab, and thus could be enticed by subsidies.
but then if they might build, subsidies are already not required. Subsidies isn't meant to "push plan over the edge" for something.
To me, subsidies are meant to encourage fabs when it would not actually have been built - that is, it's a transfer of some wealth to the corporation building it, in exchange for some other social benefit (such as self-sufficiency, or redundancy of manufacturing).
but then if they might build, subsidies are already not required. Subsidies isn't meant to "push plan over the edge" for something.
To me, subsidies are meant to encourage fabs when it would not actually have been built - that is, it's a transfer of some wealth to the corporation building it, in exchange for some other social benefit (such as self-sufficiency, or redundancy of manufacturing).