Every time somebody says this it always makes me think of the scientist from the expanse.

We should definitely release those files it would be really helpful.

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You mean extortionist

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

Release the UNREDACTED Epstein files

Still about the Epstein list? Or is it now about the child abuse pastor?

Get an abacus before tariffs catch up with them too

It's not that bad, you go to Youtube & look up your local Indian mathematician

I still have a Texas instrument scientific calculator. I have never found a calculator app that I like better.

Put of course I was actually allowed to bring it into an exam which would definitely not possible with a phone.

Just get a slide rule off ebay

Looks like we just found our new interstate secretary! Tell us more about these tariffs against California.

Yea, but he's also aware of his limited time left. Hence he's rushing this. Fuck him

How do I download one of those?

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

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

I’ll throw in the “well actually” here so no one gets wrapped around the axle — the true point of tariffs are to boost domestic business at the expense of weakening foreign sales. The scales tipped in favor of domestic businesses should be advantageous and arguably a good strategy in some circumstances …in a vacuum. That’s the “well actually” and it’s worth nothing in 2025 because all advantage is nullified if those domestic businesses lack the skill and resources to produce said goods. The industries currently targeted by tariffs are so huge and complex that domestic businesses stand zero chance (even with tariffs) in place to replicate the technology, supply chain, and workforce that would be able to stand competitively toe-to-toe with the global market.

So it’s entirely a tax on Americans by another name, and for zero gain.

Yes, but the media is willing to lie for him and whatever form necessary to normalize all this

Every American needs to be forced to learn the components of a supply and demand diagram.

In this case there are no competing domestic products though, or few enough as makes little difference. This is just taxation with extra steps.

The important won't eat the costs because there's literally no reason for them to do that.

The tariffs don't actually upset shipping companies, they literally do not care. They continue to sell the product at exactly the same prices it always cost, once it arrives in a US port, that's the end of the transaction as far as they are concerned, since the tariffs apply after that, they are irrelevant.

America in a few years when no one wants their goods anymore and every country outside the US ramped up production since US is the most unreliable partner ever.

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

Damn you will become reallyvwealthy dude!

Even once it opens, it's cheaper to pay taxes on an empty factory than it is to pay tariffs or American workers.

Which literally means they have to announce fake plans to build which be continually delayed until at least 2028

Yeah, Apple's stock went up 5% yesterday because of Tim Cook's meeting with Trump (where he promised $600 billion investment in US manufacturing), and Apple's saying they won't be affected by the new 50% tariffs on India. There are also ghost factories that were built during Trump's first term.