>It was suggesting that we very temporarily give special treatment to a very small consumer of chips that has an outsized impact on production rate, in the midst of a global chip shortage.
Why would we do that if the fabs themselves don't think it is worth paying their equipment manufacturers enough to afford their own chips?
Giving "special treatment" is a price control. It is forcing a transaction that otherwise wouldn't settle at that price.
> Why would we do that if the fabs themselves don't think it is worth paying their equipment manufacturers enough to afford their own chips?
Because there is a global chip shortage that is making life substantially worse for the vast majority of Americans. And because markets are tools used by man, not the other way around.
Specifically, prices on new and used cars that most Americans depend on -- for better or worse -- to do basically everything in their lives (including getting to work, getting to school, getting food, etc.)
Why would we do that if the fabs themselves don't think it is worth paying their equipment manufacturers enough to afford their own chips?
Giving "special treatment" is a price control. It is forcing a transaction that otherwise wouldn't settle at that price.