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GB_RN

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10. As A Nurse...

Reply to oldsoftie (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 11:20 AM

Jan 2022

I've been screaming for years that medicine/medical supplies should be brought back here. Just for the sake of corporate bottom lines, to leave our critical production in the hands of a country with an adversarial government that could take that production hostage, is just insane - and a national security issue. For some reason, no one in the government seems to see it that way.

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Intel building $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP

Glad To See Some Manufacturing Come Back... GB_RN Jan 2022 #1

ABSOLUTELY! And add medicine to that list. Ridiculous. oldsoftie Jan 2022 #6

As A Nurse... GB_RN Jan 2022 #10

It's because of what's taught in business schools around the nation... keep_left Jan 2022 #18

With so many empty factories, why not renovate an old one? bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #2

Considering the environmental controls necessary in the microchip manufacturing industry TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #3

The article doesn't mention the fab process, VWolf Jan 2022 #4

Chip synthesis is absolutely the peak of manufacturing tech in the world Johnny2X2X Jan 2022 #5

Intel Just Bought New Fabricating Machines... GB_RN Jan 2022 #14

Great to see, but.... WillUSAF Jan 2022 #7

The plant needs to be built far from residential homes because of emissions & wells womanofthehills Jan 2022 #15

So the filthy rich are moving a bit of manufacturing back into the US? Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #8

The White House Just announced it question everything Jan 2022 #13

NM Intel is expanding womanofthehills Jan 2022 #17

Well let's hope it's a harbinger of things to come. Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #19

This is a positive move LittleGirl Jan 2022 #9

That's exactly what it is; a national security issue. oldsoftie Jan 2022 #11

Exactly! eom LittleGirl Jan 2022 #12

NM is on this - because they are adding so much wind power to grid womanofthehills Jan 2022 #16