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To: Candor7

Apple’s investment in Texas is on the margins (Mac Pro). A $10,000,000,000 chip facility for 5nm production is a big thing. Yay! Arizona!


33 posted on 05/14/2020 7:04:23 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Not so marginal. Apple’s always had quite a lot of investment in Texas, a large campus in Austin since IIRC the 80s. They used to have a computer plant in Carrollton outside Dallas through the 1980s until the local neanderthal bible thumpers (as opposed to intelligent bible thumpers) screamed about how Apple employee health care plans allowed coverage of an unmarried partner (as they put it, “Living in sin with a woman”) and started making Carrollton very hostile to Apple. At the next opportunity they had, Apple axed the plant.

Remember kids, the enticements of China aren’t the only reason why industry leaves the US. Local idiots play a part too.


40 posted on 05/14/2020 7:31:22 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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