which is tax money and they tax the society enormously , e.g. sales tax alone 19%.
DARPA called in the past for some great technical innovations, but this one bringing manufacturing back to US is questionable. Not that I don’t like to see it, but it is an open worldwide market and may the best business model win.
I see this initiate more a reaction from the government, because they are scared loosing the access to the companies who run the semi fab process.