The CHIPS Act, aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor production with a $280 billion grant from the Biden administration, is facing criticism for its heavy inclusion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mandates, which some argue are hindering its effectiveness. Intel's $3.5 billion project, consuming nearly 10% of the CHIPS Act manufacturing fund, is highlighted as a significant investment amidst these concerns. Critics claim that the DEI requirements, described as 'pork', are so burdensome that they're driving tech companies like Intel and Samsung to cancel American projects and build semiconductor plants overseas, in countries like Poland and Israel, despite the risk of Russian aggression and Hamas rockets. This shift is attributed to the perceived inefficiencies and workforce limitations imposed by DEI mandates, with some commentators suggesting that nearly 30% of each dollar from the CHIPS Act is earmarked for DEI programs, allegedly reducing the available workforce by requiring the hiring of 'justice-involved individuals'. The situation raises alarms about the potential national security implications, as the U.S. tech industry's competitiveness and the country's military readiness could be affected.
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The U.S. is in danger of a destructive war with China because we depend on Taiwan for so many of our strategically crucial computer chips. Congress recently passed a bill spending billions to construct chip factories in the U.S. But it turns out companies are scaling back their… https://t.co/oinxnGfJWL
The AI arms race between the US and China is heating up https://t.co/kI0KY5j8mG by @alexiskweed
DEI killed the CHIPS Act https://t.co/tUuI2jtlrz
How the escalating U.S.-China tech war could hurt American companies https://t.co/wBmElagq8z
DEI as national security threat. The article should also include more about NEPA being a major issue working against the CHIPS Act as well. https://t.co/uOXEnyr254
"DEI killed the CHIPS Act" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/7AEqsMeMJT https://t.co/7e2EqXKNWh
China spends more on its space programme than any country bar America. An area of particular concern is satellites. American warships should watch out https://t.co/Mh212Uj3jV 👇
“DEI killed the CHIPS Act” The CHIPS Act isn’t making any chips because the text of the bill is actually just a jobs program for minorities, like most things in the USA. It’s just a giant looting operation. https://t.co/PQcFG2EuJO
The CHIPS Act was a DEI boondoggle masquerading in semiconductor clothing. Credit to @ColeMacro & @CNicholson1988 for pointing it out, proud of @StriveFunds for leading the countermovement in our economy. https://t.co/xa9AcsFvvI
Despite 280 billion dollar Biden admin grant to build Semiconductor plants here in the US, companies like Samsung and Intel are not interested. The companies are refusing due to Biden DEI diktats that the employees hired to build and run these new chip plants must be diverse.
'Biden's DEI rules are worse than HAMAS': Top microchip makers are postponing US expansion and instead expanding in dangerous Israel and Russia because American grants come with so many 'equity' caveats https://t.co/meEfAJpApI https://t.co/bIkjnsNZQc
Decels are killing our techno-capital acceleration with arbitrary quotas and bureaucratic bullshit. This particular Deceleration of chip production could literally cause WW3. This is beyond unacceptable, there should be wartime provisions to override all this nonsense. https://t.co/c9M60Hjh2u
Really astonishing information on how The CHIPS Act is failing to deliver the promised domestic semiconductor production growth because the DEI requirements in the bill make it too difficult for companies to make it work. https://t.co/PepvcOMVEN https://t.co/9iA1u22hvM
Make Harrison Bergeron fiction again. DEI killed the CHIPS Act Intel is also building fabs in Poland and Israel, which means it would rather risk Russian aggression and Hamas rockets over dealing with America’s DEI regime. https://t.co/rkI1fsrxoW
As pundits proclaim that wokeness has peaked, U.S. tech companies are offshoring semiconductor production because of DEI quotas. “Intel is also building fabs in Poland and Israel, which means it would rather risk Russian aggression and Hamas rockets over dealing with America’s…
The Biden regime filled the CHIPS Act with so much DEI ‘pork’ almost 30% of each dollar provided is earmarked for DEI programs. Worse is the fact that the required programs effectively reduce the workforce by 50% by requiring hiring of low IQ ‘justice-involved individuals’. https://t.co/SQhOQfEjTq
Biden’s DEI mandates cut technology off at the knees | @ZacharyFaria https://t.co/jSJGXrsh92 https://t.co/jSJGXrsh92
As AI technology matures, it could give China's satellite network the ability to quickly find targets that are beyond the range of coastal radar. The concept is nothing new, but it poses a serious challenge to American military planners https://t.co/DJwqxWOtkM 👇
"Commentators have noted that CHIPS and Science Act money has been sluggish. What they haven’t noticed is that it’s because the CHIPS Act is so loaded with DEI pork that it can’t move." https://t.co/AVp5qDjO7Z https://t.co/Az5UdBRBx2
Government-mandated DEI is now causing chip manufactures to cancel American projects and build overseas because we are ruled by idiots. https://t.co/PSMuYQQdf7
"Intel’s $3.5 Billion Boondoggle: The microchip giant’s ‘secure enclave’ project will take nearly 10 percent of a CHIPS Act manufacturing fund that is already stretched thin." 🤔 https://t.co/SYrojb8Gme https://t.co/kbq2lemaQx