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Repealing the CHIPS Act risks US national security

by jhunter1016 on 3/18/25, 11:24 AM with 61 comments

  • by jcfrei on 3/18/25, 12:15 PM

    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.

  • by roter on 3/18/25, 12:07 PM

  • by zoobab on 3/18/25, 12:41 PM

    Public money, public factories?

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

  • by 9283409232 on 3/18/25, 12:44 PM

    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?

  • by Trasmatta on 3/18/25, 12:25 PM

    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.

  • by esbranson on 3/18/25, 4:59 PM

    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.

  • by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on 3/18/25, 12:40 PM

    Repealing it requires congress.

  • by jaza on 3/18/25, 12:21 PM

    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.

  • by BiteCode_dev on 3/18/25, 12:03 PM

    Paywalled, so how did it go to the frontpage if most people can't read it?

  • by rayiner on 3/18/25, 12:44 PM

    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.