Repealing the CHIPS Act risks US national security

Just cancel it, make a new Act with a different name and equal purpose, claim victory. Seems to be the most likely procedure with the current administration.

quesera2• 1 year ago

Easier: Make some trivial amendment to it (does not need to be ratified), and then just start calling it something else.

"It was a disaster, but We Fixed It because I'm your favorite."

malfist2• 1 year ago

Isn't that how they "fixed ACA" last time around? Failed to have the votes to repeal it, so they "saved" it

ttyprintk• 1 year ago

“Only I can fix it. Tortilla chips (those are gang chips) taking up too much room on the table. Don’t know why you’d stick up for gang chips. Potato chips belong. ”

nodoll6• 1 year ago

Seems to be the most likely procedure with the current administration.

For example?

Also please show that the major current on-going efforts, like ongoing negotiations, measures in the border etc, were worked upon as intensive as it is now, in the previous administration.

selectodude2• 1 year ago

For example?

USMCA

le-mark• 1 year ago

Why don’t YOU show those things? That would at least be the start of a good faith discussion and not a whataboutism bias tirade.

alistairSH• 1 year ago

Trump replaced NAFTA with USMCA during his first term. He claimed it was the best deal ever.

This term, he's claiming the deal is terrible and starting a trade war (which is likely not winnable and probably ends up settling for something approximating NAFTA again).

Which is it? Best deal ever, or crap? He's lying about one.

jaza• 1 year ago

Much of the money has already been spent, the new fabs are already operational slash well into construction, so repealing it now shouldn't do that much damage. But it'll still do some damage, and it's still a stupid move, but hey, them's the times we live in.

Trasmatta• 1 year ago

The US President is motivated entirely by spite and personal benefits vendettas. The only reason to repair the CHIPS act is because it was one of Biden's bigger accomplishments, and Trump can't stand that. That's literally all it is.

actionfromafar3• 1 year ago

Not only spite. Also what his handlers tell him.

2OEH8eoCRo04• 1 year ago

Repealing it requires congress.

almostgotcaught4• 1 year ago

pepperidge farm remembers when the same thing could be said of closing departments like Department of Education and USAID lol.

sanderjd5• 1 year ago

It still can, at least so far. But courts are slow.

zoobab• 1 year ago

Public money, public factories?

There is nothing public, just free money for the private sector.

2OEH8eoCRo04• 1 year ago

It's strategically important

preisschild• 1 year ago

You could also help defend Taiwan against illegal annexation and then you wouldn't need to have those facilities on-shore.

rayiner• 1 year ago

Was national security impaired four years ago before the CHIPS Act?

That said I like the CHIPS Act in principle. We should have real industrial policy.

sanderjd5• 1 year ago

I mean, that was the theory of passing the bill, yes. You can question that theory, but it's not like some new explanation for the purpose of the law.

CharlieDigital• 1 year ago

Yes? Because during COVID, the supply of microchips became a really big issue.

I bought a 2024 Prius last year in Feb and didn't get my second key fob until this year, Feb, because of supply chain issues with microchips.

Now imagine an actual war where China takes Taiwan.

blitzar4• 1 year ago

Yes. Not been able to build the things required for national security within your own boarders represents a risk to national security.

Having them all manufactured at the same place, a risk to national security. Having a single supplier, a risk to national security. Day of the week ending in y, a risk to national security.

9283409232• 1 year ago

Trump supporters tell me Trump isn't aiding China but then everything Trump does has a weird way of aiding China. Why would we repeal the CHIPS act and remove our ability to secure a domestic supply of chips?

eagleislandsong• 1 year ago

everything Trump does has a weird way of aiding China

This is also why Chinese netizens commonly refer to Trump as 川建國同志 (literally "Nation-Building Comrade Trump").

esbranson• 1 year ago

Trump's SOTU for reference:

Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn’t mean a thing. They take our money and they don’t spend it. All that meant to them. We’re giving them no money. All that was important to them was they didn’t want to pay the tariffs. So they came and they’re building. And many other companies are coming. We don’t have to give them money, we just want to protect our businesses and our people, and they will come because they won’t have to pay tariffs if they build in America. So it’s very amazing. You should get rid of the CHIPS Act and whatever’s left over, Mr. Speaker, you should use it to reduce debt or any other reason you want to.

Repealing the CHIPS Act risks US national security

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