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Trump's tariffs could drive up iPhone prices by about 10%
Gutting regulations and handing out tax cuts to the rich and corporations isn't anything new in the Republican party. They've been doing it for the last 45 years. Reagan, Bush I, Bush II and Trump are all the same in that regard and it always leads to higher income inequality and an economic crisis. Despite how predictable it is, a large percentage of the voting public still hasn't figured it out.blastdoor said: The real difference -- and it's critically important to understand-- between then and now is that back then there was a system for selecting presidential candidates that was mostly run by elites, not the masses. Candidates were selected by party machines in the proverbial smoky back room. That process eliminated radical candidates and presented the populace with two mostly sane and reasonable, though still importantly different, choices.
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Trump's tariffs could drive up iPhone prices by about 10%
The general population of the U.S. was smarter at that time. The current population still hasn't figured out that an anti-regulatory party isn't going to improve economic outcomes for anyone except the rich.blastdoor said: The Great Depression resulted in FDR
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Trump's tariffs could drive up iPhone prices by about 10%
See the chart below...your theory isn't off to a good start. It appears the business world views the Trump administration as a green light for more predatory practices.dominikhoffmann said: Let’s not bitch about a 10% tariff, when the last four years brought us > 25% inflation on groceries, which make for a much larger proportion of a family’s budget than an iPhone or two a year.
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Trump's tariffs could drive up iPhone prices by about 10%
Laying off hundreds of thousands of federal workers + gutting regulatory control + tariffs on major trading partners + yet another giant tax cut for the rich/corporations = another economic crash. It's just a matter of how soon it happens. It's also what the billionaire class is hoping for.
https://theweek.com/articles/460179/charts-how-rich-won-great-recession
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EU pushes forward with Apple antitrust investigation despite Trump's criticisms
The EU didn't provide any specifics on how DMA compliant app stores should be set up on iOS. They left it up to Apple to fill in the blanks. That's a situation where malicious compliance makes no sense as a criticism. Apple complied with the general requirement and filled in the blanks on the specifics. And now the EU wants to belatedly supply their own specifics.avon b7 said: In this example, 'malicious compliance' is very apt and entirely deliberate.
