Re: OT: Trump TARIFFS...!!! ;-D

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 14:56:47 -0500, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net>
wrote:

On 2/4/2025 6:32 PM, Ed P wrote:

On 2/4/2025 5:10 PM, Graham wrote:

>

I think it was the Apple CEO, after being criticised for having Apple
products made in Asia, who pointed out that the USA used to have
thousands of tool and die makers but now has only a hundred or so.

 
We don't have the need for them.  Can you imagine the cost of a phone if
it was made in USA with our labor rates?  Sales would nosedive and Tim
Cook would be working a part time job.

>
Is the solution to continue to buy products made by overworked underpaid
Asian children?  Compare the cost of manufacturing parts/labor in an
iPhone to what Apple sells it for...  They are marked up over 10 times!
>
The worst part is that people send these electronics with rare earth
metals in them straight to the dump instead of recycling.  As a society,
we were a lot better off buying that USA made TV that cost a week's pay.
 People actually took care of and appreciated the stuff that you had to
pay good money for.  Now, it's a disposable world.

Do you think Joe Trump Supporter would be happy if he has to pay more
for his stuff? Joe Trump Supporter doesn't care about underpaid Asian
children, rare earth metals or the environment. He just wants his
stuff and he wants it cheap. Think Leo.

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Bruce
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