I have no knowledge of the situation, why did they choose Arizona?
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Many felt WA was in the running because of the talent already there.
This caused concerns that the future of the WaferTech fab facility is dimmer than before, since it probably makes less sense to pump billions more into it in the future.
(also, the gross receipts tax is... pretty dumb)
If there's a more business-friendly state, absolutely would take it in a heartbeat.
> (also, the gross receipts tax is... pretty dumb)
... for manufacturers who aren't Boeing. It's true though. Taxing revenue instead of profit is a ridiculous policy which punishes manufacturers and favors every other industry at their expense. Giving one company (Boeing) its own special preferential revenue tax rate [1] of $\epsilon$ percent is not a solution.
[1] https://j7dfh9pbumnyhazfmcsfgm9m.apnews.com/article/37d21240... [*]
[*] (apparently AP news is trying real hard to make their links look like malware or something)
Lots of subs on Reddit grew tremendously during the pandemic. I'm guessing HN did too and has a worse case than usual of "eternal September."
0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2015/10/31/a-brief-h...