> Samsung can easily find other cities to produce in at lower cost outside America. No they can't. Austin and the surrounding area are key silicon fabrication

> Samsung can easily find other cities to produce in at lower cost outside America. No they can't. Austin and the surrounding area are key silicon fabrication regions. There are very few places in the world that can compete, and it is possible that they are forced to produce within the USA due to import/export restrictions on what they are manufacturing. This is a situation where the decision is already made, but it can't hurt to ask for tax break. Because hey, free money. Kind of like how Amazon "passed" on building out an NYC headquarters because the city wouldn't give them tax breaks (after locals protested), only to come back six months later and begin construction of their NYC HQ.