The 9,000 construction jobs will also pay taxes while they're working for 2-3 years. The 1,500 people will buy houses and go to restaurants and dry cleaners and

The 9,000 construction jobs will also pay taxes while they're working for 2-3 years. The 1,500 people will buy houses and go to restaurants and dry cleaners and have lawn care and create much other economic activity that will also generate tax revenue. Simply diving the subsidy by the 1,500 permanent employees doesn't capture the value that's created, along with the strategic value of bringing more chip manufacturing to the US.