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Federal Court Blocks Trump Tariffs That Could Have Pushed iPhone Prices to Over $4,000
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This argument assumes that the majority of Americans care what the rest of the world thinks. I do not believe that is the case.
Also, from prior rulings by SCOTUS, POTUS believes he has total power now and that anything he does while in office he can't be punished for. Laws Shmaws, he says.
I wanted to both Love this and Laugh at this comment, because both are so very very true...
It really doesn't matter what model. No phone, of any flavor or configuration, is worth anything near that..but if you actually read was posted, MacRumors states "$1,599 to more than $4,300" Even at that, $1600 is too much for a base model lowest config.
iPhones just aren't that special.
Nothing is that special even at the current price. That's not a tariff problem that's a problem of Apple just running the same device through the small incremental upgrade path each year and trying to sell it off as something special. The iPhone is saved by the contract payoff plans by carriers. I would love to see what the price would be if no one would be able to finance the phone.
Carriers aren't going to eat that much of an increase. They'll increase they monthly payments accordingly, or just raise prices altogether. Either way, upgrades would start to look very unappealing.
Because it's speculation, and not all the relevant. Trump also said Samsung would get the same tariff increase, and no one from that company was invited.
If Congress didn’t genuflect to the Executive Branch, the Judicial could take a vacation.
Absolutely spot on. It seems what he has ordered is illegal, either in principle or execution. But it will take the courts a while to catchup and block it all. And then the appeals....
Absolutely spot on. I've been scratching since Trump 1, and I'm scratching all the harder now.
In order to avoid the tariffs, the whole supply chain would have to be in the United States… That’s the chips fabs, all the parts being made here… It’s not just robots, kid. Apple speculated that it would take 10 years to get the whole thing (supply chain) up and running, and cost in the hundreds of billions.
Besides there is apparently not close to enough skilled labor in the United States to do it.
Louis Vuitton famously tried to set up supply chain in the United States recently - they ended up wasting two times as much leather because we Americans could not even properly treat the leather and stitch the bags together.
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I'm out on any $4k iPhones, no matter where they are made.
(Yes, even a new Mini. $4k is way too much)
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Who said the democratic party was extreme left? Not me? Ignoring that both sides have extremes and making your own statement to refute something I didn't even say may say something about you too 0_0If you think the Democratic party is extreme left, then you are on the right, not the center. On the political spectrum, Republicans are currently far right and Democrats are Center Right to Center Left. The progressive wing is on the left (not far left). Normalizing what is happening on the far right through bothsidesism is why we are slipping from democracy into an authoritarian state.
Here's a good reference:
Understanding the Political Spectrum from Left to Right | AMPLIFY XL
Navigating the complicated landscape of political ideologies is akin to embarking on a journey through a diverse and often contentious terrain. From theamplifyxl.com
That was a different tariff. It's hard to keep up, because he threatens a dozen new tariffs everyday. Here is his exact quote:
“I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” the President wrote. “If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S. Thank your for your attention to this matter!”
Remember when Republicans were for small government that lets business flourish in mostly unfettered ways?
It's sort of breathtaking to watch them all lineup behind someone attempting to wield before unseen levels of state control and intervention up and down the line.
That’s the thing, some people can buy Chinese slave labor with tariffs and some of us can buy US made goods for more money. I tried this over 30 years ago when some things could still be bought that weren’t made by slaves in China. Not the case anymore.
I guess what I'm saying is that ... no matter how it's made, or by whom, I will not pay $4,000 for an iPhone.
I will simply not have an iPhone in that case.
(or I will just have an old one, which is what I basically do now with my Mini anyhow)
Fair enough.
But you're still trying to bothsides the issue. The far right currently controls the Republican Party. The far left doesn't have any power in the Democratic Party. The Center does. The left (Democratic Socialists - Bernie, AOC) have some influence.
I'm certainly not ignoring that a far left exists, it simply has no political power.
Problem is that Congress gave the Executive pretty broad abilities in this area via the TEA and IEEPA, not to mention years of allowing it. Congress either needs to allow these or rein them in and set them. Not the Judiciary.
Understandable, but my reply was more focused on the guy saying half the country was brainwashed. Not necessarily this tariff issue. We need better politicians, but thats impossible. Anyone whose not in someone else's pocket stands no chance.