[oceanview]

we give a tax cut to Intel - they use the money to build a semiconductor plant in china. we are commiting national economic suicide.

[Nonstatist]

Intel still pays taxes and takes in a profit from licensing and marketing of their own product. The stockholders, primarily American, do well, too. And we're looking at 5 % unemployment rate here. .. How's Europe doing, by the way?

[Wolfhound777]

Your right and the real scary implication here is this: Our ability to provide for our own National Security is being sold out, and in the hypothetical event of major world conflict, we would have to re-tool all of our old manufacturing capabilities to sustain a protracted effort. One hopes that this could be achieved in time.