After Trump wins, will the Iphone and other American products be made in the USA instead of China?
Trump said that China will pay. He will slap 100% tariff or 200% or whatever it takes till everything is made in the USA by American workers.
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LeopoldBloom · M
No, we just won't have any cell phones except the Librum, which is a Linux-based phone and the only one made in the US. People who really want iPhones or Samsung will pay the tariffs. If you think inflation is bad now, wait until there's a tariff on everything made overseas.
Just curious, we're at nearly full employment now. If he uses the Army to round up all of the illegal immigrants and deports them, where are we supposed to get the workers to fill their jobs, not to mention the new ones in manufacturing that he thinks tariffs will create?
Just curious, we're at nearly full employment now. If he uses the Army to round up all of the illegal immigrants and deports them, where are we supposed to get the workers to fill their jobs, not to mention the new ones in manufacturing that he thinks tariffs will create?
Dshhh · M
@LeopoldBloom there is a phone made in the US?
any good?
any good?
LeopoldBloom · M
@Dshhh The Librem is a niche product as it's not compatible with Android or iOS apps. It runs Linux apps same as a Linux desktop, and in fact can function as a desktop if you attach an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It's main selling points are modularity (components can be swapped out) and extreme privacy (it has kill switches that cut power to the camera, microphone, Bluetooth, etc.). The drawback is that since everything is on a separate chip, the circuit board is larger and more power-intensive.
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@LeopoldBloom The ONLY thing that causes INFLATION is too many dollars chasing too many goods. The Bidenflation was caused by those TRILLIONS OF STIMULUS DOLLARS he flooded our economy with.
A Tariff is not an instrument of inflation. It has NOTHING to do with the money supply.
A Tariff is not an instrument of inflation. It has NOTHING to do with the money supply.
LeopoldBloom · M
@Reason10 You're forgetting the disruptions to the supply chain caused by COVID. Inflation was worldwide, not just in the US. The Trump stimulus dollars also had an effect.
Tariffs are passed on to the consumer, so they result in higher prices even if it's not strictly "inflation" by your definition. Unless you think the corporations will just eat the tariffs and settle for lower profits.
Tariffs are passed on to the consumer, so they result in higher prices even if it's not strictly "inflation" by your definition. Unless you think the corporations will just eat the tariffs and settle for lower profits.