Comment on US to award Samsung up to $6.6 billion chip subsidy for Texas expansion, sources say
reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Why would we subsidize putting something so “mission critical” in a state openly calling to secede?
Because they’ve been grumbling about that forever and it will never happen unless the US government just up and loses its military.
There will never be the political and populace buy in for something like that to ever end as more than a compound of political extremists getting wiped out by the national guard.
The majority of the people in the military would be fighting with Texas. Our military is about as right wing as you can get.
This is patently false. Officers across all branches skew more liberal while Marines skew heavily conservative.
There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell they’ll be allowed to that’s why. In the Texas panhandle is the Pantex plant, which services the military’s nuclear warheads. You saw what Uncle Sam did to the people who touched his boats, now try touching his nukes.
SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
A lot of it has to do with Texas having the Gulf of Mexico ports all along the coast. It’s a big reason petrochemical refining is so big in Texas. Another plus for Texas is it’s abundance of land they can either buy or imminent domain. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not a Texas supporter, but it’s just one of those location based decisions I’m sure.
Not to mention if your a business in Texas you usually only get slaps on the wrist when you poison the environment. Worker safety? Mostly dependent on company policy with the main focus just barely making OSHA compliance. If the fine is cheaper than compliance, a lot of companies just pay the fine if it happens.