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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by jijijijij »

jiggawatts wrote: post #561
jijijijij wrote: post #375

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Your computer parts factory likely runs using a large amount of imported raw materials, imported machines, and imported tooling, and there are no tariff exemptions for those broad categories… so you’re screwed. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local 24/7 news feed for more than eight years, so there’s no point in acting surprised about it. You’ve had plenty of time to lodge…

> crypto scam on his supporters It absolutely blow my mind that that was just "Friday", and not the biggest scandal in Western political history. "It's just Trump being Trump, move on, move on, nothing to see here, no consequences for anyone..."

I honestly have a hard time coping with it. No joke. It's revolting, how that wasn't the end. Right after the Hawk Tuah girl was burnt at the stakes for the same stunt, too.

It's not even that it is pure evil and predatory, it's the aesthetics of it... It tainted civilization, at the very least America! It's so, so pathetic and cringe. Unbearably distasteful and undignified. Too much cringe.

The only thing topping this, was the president of the United States selling cars in front of the white house, a few weeks later. I can't.

Man, imagine an alien patrol passing that Tesla (a billionaire's fucking car in space as a beacon of Earth life's legacy, honestly makes wanna puke) and then learning about the state of things here. I feel embarrassed to the core living in this period of time. I'd rather shit my pants on live TV.

I crave the cleansing heat and certainty of thermonuclear warheads. Shoot these fucker with a bullet of frozen sewage and then sterilize this place for we all sinned collectively. Send some tardigrades to Mars and hope for something better, but turn off the lights on Earth.

Tainted.

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by keybored »

archagon wrote: post #586
t-writescode wrote: post #478

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of the biggest boons to small business would be universal healthcare and that's just ... you know, never going to happen under a Republican president (or a Democrat, for that matter). It would greatly ease the burden of employing others in small businesses and it would greatly increase the safety net of would-be entrepreneurs. It would also improve works-rights-as-capitalism because you could more easily quit ab…

It’s a common misconception that Republicans are pro-business. They loathe small business and love big business. If everyone could just be indentured to one of a dozen mega-conglomerates, that would be their perfect world.

That’s the same thing as being pro-business. Big business out-competes small businesses again and again. The idea of smol business being viable (see: this whole thread) is just the marketing front.

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Post by 1oooqooq »

righthand wrote: post #95

Why is no one highlighting how this is repeating history 8 years ago? I don’t get it, there’s this magical reporting gap where all of this is new strategy but it’s the exact same strategy. Why don’t we acknowledge this instead of searching for some new angle? Here are a bunch of links from 2018/2019: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/13/apple-dodges-iphone-tariff-a... https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/t052-s00…

the most important tidbit

> Apple already pays tariffs on products including the Apple Watch and AirPods, but hasn't raised its prices in the United States.

so, they fear tariffs because their price is already at the highest their products would sell? that's an interesting point most people don't understand. the tariffs were only 15% then, but still interesting to see how it played out.

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Post by bloopernova »

_heimdall wrote: post #651
jpster wrote: post #542

I suspect it would be a good idea if the US abolished the presidency and moved to a parliamentary system. Turns out that concentrating so much power in a single position is a bad idea.

We don't need to abolish the presidency or entirely change our system for a parliamentary model. We do need to drastically shrink the executive branch and its powers though. I've found it interesting that so many are seriously concerned with what Trump is doing but not why the executive branch has the authority to do it in the first place.

I was thinking that the US marshals need to be the enforcement arm of the courts. But I am not sure if that would help much in the current situation.

Maybe police and federal enforcement agencies should be solely under Congress? At least then senior people can actually get fired for obeying unlawful orders from the executive.

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by 1oooqooq »

fjfaase wrote: post #583
jpster wrote: post #542

I suspect it would be a good idea if the US abolished the presidency and moved to a parliamentary system. Turns out that concentrating so much power in a single position is a bad idea.

The president has all the power that the congress and the senate gives him. Previous presidents were not given this much power. The bad guys are in the congress and the senate for not upholding the constitution.

you seem to ignore or not know about how recently deputized private security guards went to a federal judge to press him on a decision for the insurrectionists.

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Post by seydor »

He really seems delighted when foreign countries reach out to him and to his friends for "making deals". It's all about personal connections with his big supporters and donors, who are all apparently part of the greater government now. It should be called the "recorruption" of the US.

The US is about to find out that the rest of the world is much more adelt dealing with a corrupt government because they have more experience with it

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by ignoramous »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #660
cranium wrote: post #580

The 145% tariff is so absurd I wouldn't be surprised to see cheap chips glued to the item to exploit the exceptions. "Oh yeah, that's not a shoe: it's the protective case for an ESP32 WiFi router".

For those who think this is ridiculous, this happens already on a regular basis with batteries to get around the regulations and fees around shipping them. Instead of getting the battery in the mail you’ll get a cheap flashlight in the mail with a battery inside it.

> Instead of getting the battery in the mail you'll get a cheap flashlight in the mail with a battery inside it.

Much like those Wrapper upstarts, then?

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by vishnugupta »

IOT_Apprentice wrote: post #576
vishnugupta wrote: post #530

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess for a change Americans will experience what Indians have been subjected to since forever. Just about anything useful and high quality has been tariffed out of existence in India. It is done in the name of protecting our industry while they catch up with rest of the world. Exactly backwards has happened. The cars we get here are so bad they are sometimes called tin cans on wheels. Without competitors from acro…

What about Tata Motors? They own jaguar & Range Rover as well? They have zero good cars? Perhaps Chinese EV will enter into India.

Tata Motors have really good cars. But they suck big time at Quality Control and after sales service.

Yes they do own Jaguar and Range Rovers but it’s not meant for the Indian market. They do sell them here but not many takers.

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by cwillu »

jijijijij wrote: post #661
jiggawatts wrote: post #561

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> crypto scam on his supporters It absolutely blow my mind that that was just "Friday", and not the biggest scandal in Western political history. "It's just Trump being Trump, move on, move on, nothing to see here, no consequences for anyone..."

I honestly have a hard time coping with it. No joke. It's revolting, how that wasn't the end. Right after the Hawk Tuah girl was burnt at the stakes for the same stunt, too. It's not even that it is pure evil and predatory, it's the aesthetics of it... It tainted civilization , at the very least America! It's so, so pathetic and cringe. Unbearably distasteful and undignified. Too much cringe. The only thing topping t…

> It tainted civilization, at the very least America!

I regret to inform you that america is not and has never been a unique snowflake. An important player in the world, sure, but one that has long been obsessed with the notion that it is special in some way, and it's just not true.

Every country is at risk of going batshit crazy, and it's always been disturbing how americans seem the truly believe they are immune, because when that belief gets challenged…

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