They are asking for them, but it's important to contextualize that the entire chip industry is receiving boat loads of cash abroad. Case and point South Korea h

They are asking for them, but it's important to contextualize that the entire chip industry is receiving boat loads of cash abroad. Case and point South Korea has announced $451Bn in chip subsidies [1]. Which dwarfs the measly $52bn American Chips Act subsidies [2]. America could sit it out and risk South Korea killing American fabs like it killed American Commercial Shipyards in the 80's or it can respond with subsidies of its own. [1]: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/South-Korea-plans-to-invest-450bn-to-become-chip-powerhouse https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/South-K... [2]: https://www.semiconductors.org/chips/ https://www.semiconductors.org/chips/