Exactly. Surely a good outcome is where you have several political parties with competent and respectable leadership and policies that are good for the country, making "who to vote for" an intellectual decision, not an emotional one.
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Apple Supplier Forecasts Product Shortages in US Amid Tariff Chaos
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Yep and unfortunately with a 2 party system, we seem to just get bottom of the barrel on both sides.
I have yet to meet a republican willing to step down from President for anybody.
Plus, you still have to elect the puppet.
To be fair, one party has a bottom of the barrel, the other one is a bottomless chasm. There's no bottom for the political right in the United States.
I am ok with tariffs. Apple products are not in any of my must have items.
Running the US economy into the ground is not going to pay off our debt
At least I got my Nintendo Switch 2 bundle preorder from Best Buy at $499 before a possible price increase over the summer. I don’t know if there’s a significant price increase coming for the 17 Pro I was thinking of buying. I hope not.
They bend the knee to him without hesitation. It is the orange king we're talking about, they all fall in line.
I voted for this. It's time we finally end our dependence on China.
Also the whole plan is for countries to re-negotiate trade deals. For 30+ years the US has been screwed over with insane trade imbalances.
It would be very easy for countries to shore up their trade imbalance by purchasing US oil & LNG.
Also the whole plan is for countries to re-negotiate trade deals. For 30+ years the US has been screwed over with insane trade imbalances.
It would be very easy for countries to shore up their trade imbalance by purchasing US oil & LNG.
The US is one of the wealthiest countries on the planet. In what ways, specifically, have we been screwed over? You want us to be even richer?
How does a trade imbalance with Lesotho “screw over” the USA? What do you expect them to buy?
I miss this guy. He didn’t deserve to die.
…or maybe he did. But he made me laugh.
I bought a 15 Pro Max with a $200 discount and a $200 extra on my very old trade making the price $588. I figure I can wait until the iPhone 18. 🍎AI might be ready by then.
Nice to know that there are people willing to cut their nose to spite their face.
Also trade is not a zero sum game. Yes, the US has an "imbalance" in exporting goods, but has a surplus in exporting services if you look at the number more granular.
In addition the US got a lot of softpower, meaning they could tell other countries what they liked, that thing will be harder as countries will orient them to other major players.
All you get are higher prices and... nothing else, as now a lot of countries are saying that the US is not a reliable partner anymore.
My intention is not to disrespect any of the Haters on here….but in all honestly and in all seriousness, I recognize you have concerns that are important to you. I get it. I really do. I see things differently and that doesn’t make me right and you wrong. But I have an opinion on things. And that opinion is that in a few years from now, objectively looking back, most of you will find an America that is stronger financially, stronger morally, and overall a better nation than we were before.
Time, measured in a few years, will tell. Let’s see how my post ages and then take the overall result from there.
Time, measured in a few years, will tell. Let’s see how my post ages and then take the overall result from there.
The Kings of England and all the Dukes, Lords and Earls were Libertarians.
They had the money and for them that meant absolute power to do anything they liked. What they chose was to subjugate the poor, the pilgrims, steal their small wealth, rape their women and keep the spoils.
Libertarianism in its purest sense can’t work, in exactly the same way as communism or capitalism.
Your world of no taxes leads very quickly to : no road networks, no free education, no legal system to protect rights, no law enforcement, no street lighting, no opportunities for those born without to improve their chances. In fact it sounds like the Wild Wild West except someone shot the sheriff. Only the strongest survive.
Not my kind of place at all. I much prefer a liberal society, one in which everyone gets a fair crack at the whip regardless of their condition at birth.
Since you are using the term "haters" you are already disrespecting.
Furthermore you want your opinion validated but invalidating others with this term.
Genuinely I would be happy you are right, but there is no bright future ahead. Once everything is disrupted without any replacement it will be harder to get back on track. You can't just undo the damage as fast as you did the damage. It's easy to dismantle things, it's hard to get them back on track.
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Ever heard of a representative democracy? You should, because that’s what the USA are. So simple.
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One of the 2 has to be Trump. And that makes it a man vs a party nowadays.
That’s Trump rhetoric and you fell for these lies. Please explain…we import more from the USA than export to the USA. Why those tariffs?
Its a comment about the ignorant political viewpoint that "both" sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, are exactly the same.