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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by lettergram on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:43PM (#32255768)
I don’t think subsidizing them has been a success. I think tariffs and awarding contracts to the best domestic manufacturers are the way forward. That’s why SpaceX took off, they won contracts.

Boeing effectively lobbied to regulate others out of existence. Bought off who they could, then won grants and contracts because there was no one else.

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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by bumby on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:58PM (#32256864)
That’s why SpaceX took off, they won contracts.

Can you elaborate? How was Boeing subsidized in this instance and SpaceX not? It's my understanding that it was closer to the other way around. Both Boeing and SpaceX won commercial crew contracts, but Boeing (at the time) had a stronger track record. It was a strategic move by NASA to not put all their eggs in one basket and it worked out well by subsidizing the early dark horse (SpaceX).

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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by nyc_data_geek1 on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:53PM (#32255926)
Maybe a combination of the approaches. I might actually be in favor of raising import costs if there were a guarantee of some sort that the resulting funds would be applied to jumpstarting domestic chipfab capabilities, specifically to overcoming the initial capital intensive investment required to get started.
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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by 7thaccount on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:02PM (#32256041)
As they say "competition is for losers". They've all figured that out lol.
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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by taneq on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:50PM (#32257495)
Sun Tzu would say you don’t take to the battlefield unless you have already won.
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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by bushbaba on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:53PM (#32255925)
Government spending could require multiple vendors. Encouraging at least a duopoly.
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