[orcajerk]

>be industry

>send everything overseas in the 90s due to "cost savings", eliminating tens of thousands of jobs post dotcom

>cry that analog cannot compete with taiwan foundries

>now wants these same citizens to fund their return to the states

If electronics are this important to the country and the military to be subsidized by taxpayers, maybe it should be nationalized with open source and open hardware. No patents, no offshoring, no importing, and no exporting allowed. Let the people become producers and create their own mini-semi conductor products with open standards.