UT wanna be a chip off the ol' bloc? ATTENTION Students: Your degree is now worth $7.5 million to Big Tech.

Austin Community College gets $7.5 mil from Pentagon to train future chip workers

Austin Community College (ACC) just got a big ol' handout from the government. A cool $7.5 million, to be precise. This grant from the U.S. Defense Department is supposed to help them expand their semiconductor workforce training programs, whatever that means.

Anyway, it seems like ACC has been doing a good job sucking up to the University of Texas and its so-called "Texas Institute for Electronics." You know, one of those fancy institutes with "partners" and "legislative support." Well, those big shots got a sweet $840 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). You know, those guys who spend your tax dollars on "innovative technology" and "national security."

Alyssa Reinhart, some bigwig at the Texas Institute, had this to say:

"ACC is fantastic, having them in our backyard to be able to support this..."

Wow, way to kiss up, Alyssa! She's talking about how ACC is supposedly great at training people for the semiconductor industry, you know, those chip things in your phone and computer.

By the way, did you know that those left-wing lawmakers in Washington and Austin want to spend even more of your hard-earned money on this stuff? They're worried about some "rising chip demand" and "national security." Whatever happened to the good old days when we just bought our chips with a nice, cold Dr. Pepper?

Anyways, ACC has been cozying up to the semiconductor industry for a while now. Even that liberal Gina Raimondo from the U.S. Commerce Department visited twice, probably to waste even more of your tax dollars. And don't get me started on their curriculum—training people to become "manufacturing technicians." Whatever happened to real jobs, like coal mining or cattle ranching?

So, now with this $7.5 million, ACC is gonna expand and train even more people to work with those fancy DARPA grants and new equipment. Laura Marmolejo, some dean at ACC, said:

"We can support that by providing that training and customizing the training to fit their needs as they define them."

Yeah, sure, Laura. Whatever you say. But I ain't buying it. This whole thing just smells like big government sticking its nose where it doesn't belong.

And don't get me started on Reinhardt's remarks about DARPA grants and "transformative innovation." She even claimed that the iPhone came from DARPA. What a load of hooey! We all know Steve Jobs built that thing in his garage.

But anyways, UT, ACC, and that institute are all in cahoots now. They created some "Semiconductor Training Center" together. Reinhardt called it a "uniting cause," trying to make it sound all patriotic. She even compared it to the space race, saying:

"The last time federal investments and state investments came to one core target was the space race... "

Way to pull on our heartstrings, Alyssa! But we ain't falling for it. This is just more of the government sticking their nose into education and trying to control the industry.

Marmolejo had the audacity to say:

"More students realize that all the great things that they love, their gadgets, we are still very dependent on international production. The more we can do here, the less we're at risk for not having access to the technology that we need and we like... It's a great pathway for people to have a career, no matter what their interest is."

Yeah, right. "Great pathway." More like a fast track to socialism. Whatever happened to good old American values, like working with your hands and building character?

So, there you have it, folks. More of your taxpayer dollars going to fund some liberal college's fancy plans. But you won't hear any complaints from me. I'll just be over here, exercising my Second Amendment rights and keeping my gadgets close.