Comment by TheChaplain

4 hours ago

Funny that the article didn't mention it.

Infineon got €1bn of tax payer money to open the plant (~$1.1bn).

The article says:

> The facility was backed by the EU's Chips Act with one billion euros in subsidies

There are worse ways to spend tax payers money.

  • Let's see the state of this project in 5 years. Experience tends to show European projects dragging forever and then suddenly closing whilst funds mysteriously move into semi public companies with boards full to the brim with retired political figures

    • Still better odds of success than if that money was used to pay welfare for unskilled migrants instead.

  • Yeah, most europeans are not aware how much do we spend on agriculture, pensions and healthcare.