Nope, 200 economists will produce 300 conclusions. ;-)

Or we could ask an AI what is going to go wrong and get a quicker answer. ;-)

So what, the US began suspecting Imperial Japan may become an enemy over a decade before Pearl Harbor.

Nope. The straw man is that US jobs are the only concern.

Also you falsely act as if step 1, fabs, is somehow inherently the end of the process. That too is wrong.

Personally I'd say the biggest impediment is not replacing the computers than are now forensic evidence. Is their some reason they could not get new systems to replaced the affected systems, to restore backups too?

I was using "consumer" in both the home and business user sense. Windows NT 4 CDs were available on retail store shelves back in the day, These retail CDs included x86, Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC support. I recall Byte magazine offering comparisons of Intel and PowerPC based Windows NT 4 systems.

The are to bigger points. (1) The most critical component is made in the USA. (2) We are less vulnerable to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan so we are more likely to help Taiwan. (3) His point is a temporary and volatile one.

Actually a huge difference, we are not funding Chinese military expansion and bullying of the region. We funding those who need assistance defending against China.

Actually Apple is moving some manufacturing out of China, from Google:

"Apple is actively shifting a significant portion of its manufacturing out of China to reduce supply chain reliance and mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs. The company has accelerated plans to manufacture the majority of its U.S.-bound iPhones in India and produce other devices in Vietnam"

Much like the 1960s/70s Soviet disinformation campaign regarding nuclear energy. Even some Greenpeace founders now admit that Nuclear should have been part of the CO2 reduction movement, that their opposition was counterproductive. The German Green Party even admits they were successfully infiltrated and influenced by the Soviets working through the East German Stasi.

Social media has made such efforts easier and more effective. For example, TikTok disproportionately promoting CCP aligned content.

I think "current status" is the key phrase here. From Google:

"TSMC’s massive $65 billion Phoenix, Arizona, project is rapidly expanding into a "gigafab" cluster. The first fab has been in production since late 2024 using 4nm process technology. Construction on the second fab is complete, with equipment installation underway ahead of an accelerated 2027 production target for 3nm chips

Fab 1: High-volume production of 4-nanometer (N4) chips is actively supplying major U.S. customers like Apple and NVIDIA.

Fab 2: The physical building structure is complete. Equipment installation is slated for 2026, with high-volume production of 3-nanometer (N3) chips targeted for the second half of 2027.

Fab 3: Groundbreaking and structural topping ceremonies are complete, with this facility slated to utilize even more advanced 2nm and A16 process technologies.

Future Expansion: TSMC has acquired additional land and laid the groundwork for up to six fabs plus research and development facilities"

Feeling a sting is a good thing, it means you are still alive. :-)

To be fair, moving away from x86 is something intel wanted. The market said no. The market said no to Intel Itanium, Apple IBM Motorola Power PC, Dec Alpha, etc. x86, MIPS, PowerPC, and Alpha were all available for Windows NT 4; consumers largely did not care.

And TSMC is promising new fabs in the USA. From Google:

"TSMC is building a massive semiconductor complex in Phoenix, Arizona, backed by a $165 billion total investment pledge. The project will eventually span six fabrication plants (fabs), two advanced packaging facilities, and an R&D center, heavily funded by the U.S. CHIPS Act and recent trade agreements."

You falsely represent an outlier as the norm. Misidentification has ALWAYS occurred. The police officers on patrol are the first level of filtering out the bad reports, traditionally human based reports. Such verification is NOT something new. Whether human witness or AI based is irrelevant, and likely unknown, to that patrol officer making the initial contact. An officer who is trained to be aware of the unreliability of potential sightings. Then at the station we have further processes that involve proper identification and catches misidentification.

AI is nothing more than probably cause for a conversation, just like a human based report. It is NOT evidence.

We currently tax income and property (land), the California wealth tax goes far beyond that.
Regarding the other countries with a wealth tax, Google mentions:

"France's historical wealth tax, the Impôt de Solidarité sur la Fortune (ISF), is widely considered an economic failure because it spurred significant capital flight, driving an estimated 42,000 millionaires to leave the country between 2000 and 2012."

"Norway's wealth tax is a subject of intense debate, with critics pointing to an exodus of wealthy individuals and entrepreneurs"

"Spain's wealth tax is frequently criticized as a failure by economists and tax advocates due to its administrative complexity, low revenue generation, capital flight, and the fact that it encourages widespread legal tax avoidance"

It's already a solved problem. Fine people who do not buy insurance, we do that with ACA today.

Also, to preempt the issue, that money that employers formerly bought insurance with, that will now go directly to employees so they can purchase it themselves. That money could go into a special health account where it can only be spent on insurance premiums. Again, we already do stuff like that with medical savings accounts where an employer can contribute to an employee's account.

Again, we would not be reducing their general purpose take home. The funds they use to buy insurance would be what the employer formerly would pay for employer based insurance.

Government only needs to get involved when people fall below some income level and need assistance. Government needs to make sure they do not fall through the cracks. It doesn't need to take over the system as it did with the ACA.