Florida Republican slams the Senate’s new semiconductor legislation telling ‘Varney & Co.’ the U.S. will see no return on the $52 billion package.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., slammed the Senate’s proposed $52 billion chips bill designed to boost U.S. semiconductor competition with China, telling “Varney & Co.” Wednesday the legislation sounds like a “pro-China bill” that will cause more inflation.
SEN. RICK SCOTT: This is why we have $30 trillion worth of debt, why we have 9% inflation, why we run deficits because up here, people can’t stop spending money. Here is the latest, you’ll love this. If you are a company like Intel this is what’s going to happen. Intel Corporation made $20 billion last year. Guess what? We are going to give them some money to build a plant. Then we’re going to give them a tax deduction for building the plant, and then we are going to give them a tax credit for building the plant.
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And guess what? They can keep doing business in China. If China invades Taiwan they can keep doing business just as they are right now in China. Sounds like a pro-China bill, not an anti-China bill to me. It’s going to cause more inflation, more debt, and create more deficits. There is no accountability, it doesn’t make any sense.
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Florida Republican calls the Senate’s $52 billion bill to boost semiconductor production a waste of money that will add to debt and inflation on ‘Varney & Co.’
