Biden’s costly construction mandates

By Washington Examiner

Published March 5, 2023 5:01am ET

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Biden’s costly construction mandates — In this Tuesday, April 29. 2014 photo, workers position iron girders at a building construction site, in Boston. The Commerce Department reports on U.S. construction spending in March on Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) | Steven Senne

One can make a case for billions of dollars in domestic manufacturing subsidies, especially for a sector of the economy dominated by China, the greatest threat to U.S. national security. But if the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is to build a semiconductor industry that can compete with China, the Biden administration will have to start making it easier to build new factories, not harder.

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