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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by CPLX on Monday April 22, 2024 @07:37AM (#40113326)
Huh? Either the chips we need are made on an island surrounded by Chinese warships, or they are made in Arizona. That’s what this is about. It’s not some abstract concept.
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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by Retric on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:21AM (#40114656)
The US had several fabs before we decided to subsidize them.

We’re still going to still be importing chips after spending this money. So by your reasoning this is a failed initiative.

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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by CPLX on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:48PM (#40116146)
France imports lots and lots of wine. You think their efforts to preserve a domestic wine industry are "failed"?
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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by Retric on Monday April 22, 2024 @02:44PM (#40117445)
If the argument is about a “strategic resource” then it’s a failure when we need to import any type of chips.

Frankly if it’s pure protectionism then slap a Tariff on them.

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