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Jul 2022
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CHIPS Passes the Senate. Is it a Bad Ide...

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Today the Senate passed the CHIPS bill, which provides billions of dollars to the US semiconductor industry. The politicians say it will help us compete with China. But are we going about it the wrong way? Scott Hodge from The Tax Foundation talks with Boyd about why this bipartisan bill is too short sighted for such a fast-paced industry.

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