Leaked Memo Exposes Biden's Woke Takeover of U.S. Chipmaking
Chips Act Was Meant to Regain Tech Dominance
Chips Act Was Meant to Regain Tech Dominance
The CHIPS and Science Act was sold as a way for America to reclaim its global leadership in semiconductors - the tiny yet vital chips powering everything from iPhones to ballistic missiles. With China controlling over 30% of worldwide supply, both parties agreed we needed to pour billions into building up domestic production for national security.
The Act set aside a massive $52.7 billion CHIPS for America fund explicitly aimed at supercharging private investment in new U.S. semiconductor factories and research. No more reliance on foreign suppliers like Taiwan that Beijing could cut off with increasing aggression.
But Biden Infused It With Divisive Woke Mandates
Yet according to an explosive memo from Rep. Jim Banks circulating on Capitol Hill, the Biden administration has infused this critical initiative with toxic woke policies. Companies seeking funds must now check all the ideological boxes around race, gender, climate dogma and more - regardless of whether it undermines the chipmaking itself.
Banks' memo reveals firms have to devise "equity strategies" and diversify hiring down to construction workers. They're being cornered into awarding contracts based on race rather than qualifications. Even providing daycare services is now a mandate for receiving subsidies meant for semiconductor labs.
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Social Engineering Subsidies Drive Job Providers Away
Not surprisingly, these divisive woke strings have hamstrung the program's effectiveness. Major players have already balked at locating lucrative semiconductor plants in the U.S. due to the parade of social obstacles.
An ex-South Korean minister openly criticized the "conditions attached" as making investing here far "less appealing." Even Intel has delayed its touted $20 billion Ohio factory amidst tales of project disarray thanks to Washington's equity overreach.
China Surges Ahead as America Founders on Woke Dogma
While the Biden administration fritters away strategic advantages pandering to the diversicrats, China has been singularly focused on overtaking America's lead in semiconductors - and they are succeeding.
Their authoritarian system is unencumbered by having to appease the equity priesthood. Beijing can simply funnel unlimited resources into the most cutting-edge chipmaking without virtue signaling about intersectional representation on construction crews.
Unless we shed this obsessive wokeness crippling economic pragmatism, we will squander semiconductors like prior industrial revolutions. China is hungrily positioning to be the new global manufacturing hegemon while we cower to inclusivity councils and sustainability audits. National security be damned in the face of the diversity imperative.
Let’s Make America Great Again.
James Reagan