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[–] richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

Not Nvidia and not Apple. That's so ridiculous. It will just increase the price of any electronics devices.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yam Tits just heard the term, hence the sudden tariffs.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm going to tariff Trump a dollar every time his stupid face pops up in my feeds.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Well that's entirely the posters fault.
They're really fanatic in wanting to post every stupid thing he says or does (which is daily).
As if there isn't any real news out there.

[–] mundane@feddit.nu 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Tariffs are paid by the importer so it will just make your feeds more expensive to import to your device.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I know how it works I just wanted to make a joke.

please forgive

[–] mundane@feddit.nu 2 points 18 hours ago

I was joking too. 😅

If anyone hasn't learned how tariffs work by now, they are choosing to be ignorant.

[–] nectar45@lemmy.zip 2 points 21 hours ago

Damn you will become reallyvwealthy dude!

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Anyone remember the punchable faces subreddit?

Yeah, this face would be forever pinned at the top.

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like books are back on the menu, boys.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How do I download one of those?

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 16 points 1 day ago

Project Gutenberg

Anna's Archive

Or your favorite lagoon of buccaneers.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ebooks are awesome.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

he really is the dumbest motherfucker on the planet

You mean extortionist

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Conservatives are 100% onboard with a felon rapist pedo skyrocketing our cost of living while destroying our global reputation.

If anyone is still unsure if conservatives are traitors to our nation, now is the time to pinch yourself and wake up.

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[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Release the Epstein files.

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

It’s simultaneously a grift and a way to impose a flat sales tax all in one package.

  1. Republicans have been creaming their pants for years at the thought of imposing a regressive flat tax on all sales while doing away with income based taxation. This would forever shift the majority of the tax burden to the poor and middle class. Which is why we see Trump cutting taxes on the wealthy with his Big Ugly Bill and imposing a tariff as a way to tax the unwashed masses while simultaneously claiming he isn’t. Hopefully the courts strike down his power grab and force Congress to vote on Tariffs. The weasels will probably give it to them but at least we get to see Republicans go on record as voting for a tax increase.

  2. Trump has announced or will announce tariff exemptions that benefit large companies that have donated to him. Sometime later if he feels he needs more money he will announce a higher random tariff on the exempted goods and shake these corps down for more money/favors. All the while he can claim he is doing our industry a favor.

Never forget Trump is a grifting piece of shit who will always stick it to the little guy.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

A bit of chip history: Taiwan Semiconductor (the current pseudo-monoply in cutting edge processor making) rose as Taiwan the country transitioned from a dictatorship to democracy.

They got state funding, and support for thier business as trade opened up. To simplify, it was like a mix of hyper free-trade capitalism and technocratic command economy/socialism no one on either end of political spectrum would like. And it worked! It's still working.

The CHIPS act in the US was a baby step in that direction, which (even with Intel's incredible corporate dysfunction) got me excited.


...And that is basically the opposite of what Trump is proposing.

Basically, take away Intel/Micron/IBM subsidies and tax the shit out of their existing overseas business. And deregulate them instead of directing them.

In other words, drain their capital, and give them free reign to think short term as their manufacturing circles the drain.

To be fair to Trump, most business people do not grasp how indescribably capital/research intense processor manufacturing is. Investment is in the many billions, planning takes decades and is extremely technical, and dependent on economic and research forecasts. They have to be forced to think long term, given truckloads of cash to do it, and not get derailed by quarterly earnings targets and cutting long-term projects on the vine for quick cash.

But still... this is like the worst thing he could have done, IMO.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

CHIPS Act. Yet another major Biden win that gets overlooked in favor of shitting on him.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

What do you mean "likely pushing up cost of electronics". That is the literal point of a tariff, to push the prices up and make competing goods more appealing to consumers. The only way it doesnt raise prices is if importers just eat the cost, which they will almost certainly not do and, frankly, shouldn't do.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the US the point of tarrifs is to tax the poor to pay for tax breaks for the rich.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

Bingo, this is just a way of raising taxes on the poor without "raising taxes".

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

CPUs are so expensive, I guess I'll buy a good old US made abacus instead!

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I agree, but I think we should amend this phrase.

Release the UNREDACTED Epstein files

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Fuck, I'm going to have to go back to doing math in my head again, aren't I?

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[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 228 points 2 days ago (27 children)

What's interesting about this is that Ghislaine Maxwell just got a transfer to a cushy facility in exchange for what is likely to be heavily coached testimony about how Donald Trump totally didn't rape children.

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[–] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dude is a great decision machine. Someone should make him preside- oh. 😕

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[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where are the Trump-Epstein files?

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[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (3 children)

All the dangers they tell us about being over weight and eating like shit, and this mother fucker is still clinging to life like an 80s action hero clings to the underside of a helicopter at the climax of the movie. Come on clogged arteries, do something!

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Perhaps this could tax the huge data centers being built in the USA, which tend to get huge local tax incentives. But, if I had a data center I was trying to kit out, this would encourage me to setup shop any place other than the USA. (Latency matters, but not equally for everything.)

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