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> The letter now reads that the company prohibits "any human trafficked or involuntary labour such as forced, debt bonded, prison, indentured, or slave labour throughout your extended supply chains."

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this is excellent news, as some US states employ prison labor heavily in their manufacturing and agriculture sectors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_Stat...

If I was in prison, I would rather work. What's the point of sitting around and decaying?

I bet if you gave most prisoners a choice, they would rather work too.

which now has nothing to do with Intel or its extended supply chain.

Companies receiving US government subsidies should manufacture finished goods domestically (or with its allies where not otherwise possible). Especially companies of strategic national interest.

Intel wants a multi-billion dollar grant/bailout from Uncle Sam. Make onshoring of manufacturing a condition of receiving such funds.

Furthermore, I posted a tax advantage system in a sibling thread that would help encourage other companies to do the same: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29892031

Remove taxes from positive externalities. Attach conditions to bailouts/grants. Use money to force the outcomes you want.

> Designed by Intel in California™

Soon even that will be outsourced to China. It will be replaced by:

Financed by Intel in California™ or Marketed by Intel in California™

Proofread on Zoom by employees that were initially hired in California

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