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US Tariffs, Sigh!

Texas_Signmaker

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thos
Trumps idea is great! Have everything manufactured in the USA and then sell it to Americans and people overseas. Don't rely on having to buy in from other countries so tariff it. No more of those nasty foreign cars or phones or TVs !
I can't wait to see how America is going to produce the 140 million iphones sold there every year. All parts made in the USA in the massive Apple factories there full of skilled employees.. And when Americans have to pay $10,000 for their new phone now it isn't made in China cheaply anymore, I wonder how happy they will be they voted Trump :D
I think the assembly of those phones is a tiny fraction of what it cost to make. Most of it is IP licensing, cost of the machines to print the chips, R&D, marketing... Problem is we need to move the chip making to USA which would take a lot of $$ and time.
 

Geneva Olson

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You can't really believe that Geneva, you're smarter than that. Snopes that yarn, you'll find it to be false
You don't actually believe snopes....do you? pssst. ICE used the ip addresses from the phones that the biden admin gave them in order to locate them. And perhaps you should look up what happened over in aurora colorado this week.
 
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balstestrat

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thos

I think the assembly of those phones is a tiny fraction of what it cost to make. Most of it is IP licensing, cost of the machines to print the chips, R&D, marketing... Problem is we need to move the chip making to USA which would take a lot of $$ and time.
Surprisingly licensing and royalties is quite a small fraction on a highend phone. Say phone costs $1000 it might be just $30.

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Stacey K

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All this unvetted immigration is fun and games until it affects you personally. I had what I believe to be MS-13 try to rent my apartment when I had it for rent. Gang tattoos all over face and neck, gold grills top and bottom fresh from Honduras with a brand new baby. No English, no citizenship, fresh in the US staying at a Christian Mission Center. My other renters saw them go through and gave me notice that day. I did not rent to them.

Now, explain to me how I was supposed to do a background check on them? Should I just let them move in when there is a young family downstairs with young children and I own a business next door? What do I do if they decide they don't want to pay rent and have multiple other people move in? What happens if they trash the place and I have no recourse? What happens I go there for rent and get greeted with an AK47 like they did in Aurora?

I worked my a$$ off to buy that rental property and its now part of my retirement just like your 401K's or other investments.

I would really like an answer. If it was YOUR retirement, you wouldn't take the chance either!
 
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GAC05

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I had what I believe to be MS-13 try to rent my apartment
Was it these guys?
The 'hosts on The View said these are some pretty shady characters and Chuck Schumer has them under surveillance.

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damonCA21

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thos

I think the assembly of those phones is a tiny fraction of what it cost to make. Most of it is IP licensing, cost of the machines to print the chips, R&D, marketing... Problem is we need to move the chip making to USA which would take a lot of $$ and time.
Exactly, the cost of setting up the factories, training people, paying ten times the wages the chinese get paid etc... This will lead to a great import market where the chinese can still sell for a fraction of a US made product, so the US factories will go bust .
I don't think Trump supporter actually realise it is the public end up paying the tariffs, not the exporters or importers. All Trump has done is make things more expensive. Great move!
 
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damonCA21

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All this unvetted immigration is fun and games until it affects you personally. I had what I believe to be MS-13 try to rent my apartment when I had it for rent. Gang tattoos all over face and neck, gold grills top and bottom fresh from Honduras with a brand new baby. No English, no citizenship, fresh in the US staying at a Christian Mission Center. My other renters saw them go through and gave me notice that day. I did not rent to them.

Now, explain to me how I was supposed to do a background check on them? Should I just let them move in when there is a young family downstairs with young children and I own a business next door? What do I do if they decide they don't want to pay rent and have multiple other people move in? What happens if they trash the place and I have no recourse? What happens I go there for rent and get greeted with an AK47 like they did in Aurora?

I worked my a$$ off to buy that rental property and its now part of my retirement just like your 401K's or other investments.

I would really like an answer. If it was YOUR retirement, you wouldn't take the chance either!
What happens if you rent to what seems to be a wholesome white American, and they do the same?
 
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Johnny Best

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Stay strong Stacy, hopefully they get rounded up and thrown out of the plane when it is over the Gulf of America on it’s way to South America.
 
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John Miller

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I agree. he was obamas vp and hes the most corrupt politician I think we've ever had in office. Obama was no saint. I was a teacher during those "dreamer" years and I was teaching those "dreamers". but my students weren't dreaming about the freedoms of america. they took it for granted.

Hopefully, trump will restore order to some of this craziness.
Geneva, you can really say with a straight face that Biden was the most corrupt? Do you follow what Trump is doing or do you just blindly follow him. Hawking bibles , sneezers, cheezy baseball cards, worthless bit coin, charging the government inflated rates for his security to stay in his hotels. The list is endless.
 
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John Miller

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You don't actually believe snopes....do you? pssst. ICE used the ip addresses from the phones that the biden admin gave them in order to locate them. And perhaps you should look up what happened over in aurora colorado this week.
You feel it’s a huge conspiracy?? What do you think of MTG, space lasers, really?
 
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ProSignTN

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At least Jared will finally be able to build that beach front property the Saudi's gave him 2 billion to invest in. Trump Gaza Luxury Resort, has a nice ring to it.
 

ProSignTN

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Did we ever figure out who was 'eating the dogs, eating the cats, eating our pets'? Infrastructure week will be next week, and next week. and next week: oops, it never came! But, we have a "great concept of a plan" to replace Obamacare, and we'll announce it next week. next week. next week. next week. O fuckit, John MaCain was a loser for volunteering and getting shot down. My bone spurs hurt: bring me a diet coke.
 
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Texas_Signmaker

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Did we ever figure out who was 'eating the dogs, eating the cats, eating our pets'? Infrastructure week will be next week, and next week. and next week: oops, it never came! But, we have a "great concept of a plan" to replace Obamacare, and we'll announce it next week. next week. next week. next week. O fuckit, John MaCain was a loser for volunteering and getting shot down. My bone spurs hurt: bring me a diet coke.
They've been serving dog and cat for a while now... It's Gino's favorite.
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Johnny Best

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Tex, I think ProTN was referring to the Ohio town that got an influx of Haitians brought in during the boarder crisis. Not the Chinese that are known for eating strange animals from the open air markets that our government tried to tell us Covid came from and bats being sold in those places. And when Gino talks about eating "dogs” he is referring to hot dogs.
 

Gino

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Cats taste like chicken.... just like rat. Hot dogs are good and I do like them, especially fiesta dogs.
 
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John Miller

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Tariffs have been around for a really long time and we use tariffs with or without trump. He's using them as leverage and it worked.
You claim that he's blowing up his ego, but the man has just survived around 10 years of political abuse and he's done more in 2 weeks than biden did during his entire presidency.
There are also different forms of bankruptcy. Many businesses use bankrupcty to reorganize and restructure corporations. I believe that's what he did.

There's also a really great article in usa today (several years old) about his over 4000 court cases and the outcomes. Despite what the media has told you, he's a pretty savvy and well respected businessman in the business world. In fact, the one lawsuit about the valuation of maralago, the deutsch bank stated that they would give him money regardless of the valuation of maralago because he was a good risk and would pay back the loan. But that part never hit the media.

I'm really really really tired of all of the hatred for a man for no reason. He's literally working for the american people. which is what we hired him to do.
 
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