$3,500 iPhones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump exempted phones last night. Trump? A coward? Bending the knee to the CHINESE?!?!?

The Great Orange Joke.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o?at_ptr_name=twitter&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_link_origin=BBCBreaking&at_link_id=BD9AA23E-17A9-11F0-9EEF-DD6CAF47FE22&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social

Why is Trump cutting taxes on Chinese commies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe $3500 iPhones are good - it will drive competition and make people think before upgrading to a new phone every year which is a disaster for the environment. We love our cheap stuff but has anyone really sat down and thought about whether it actually is good or bad in the long run?

Yes. I keep my phones for five years at least. I keep my cars for a long time, too.

OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans have had a good life for a long time, they had no idea how good it was because majority don’t travel and can’t compare. They are about to find out soon.

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Some of you are just dying for this to happen, aren’t you.

The MAGA sure are since they voted for all of this. They apparently do not want to keep their businesses in business. The paper straw guy is out of business or close to it. The soybean farmers lost their biggest customer--China. Seems not to be working out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:android phones are for the poors

I hate all apple products and how they lock you in. Apple is like a dictator.

I do, too. Car companies want to do something similar by charging subscription prices for heated seats and other items.

OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe $3500 iPhones are good - it will drive competition and make people think before upgrading to a new phone every year which is a disaster for the environment. We love our cheap stuff but has anyone really sat down and thought about whether it actually is good or bad in the long run?

Tariffs or no, the bolded has been an issue for me for a long time. Being environmentally conscious means nothing if we are dumping our tech devices so frequently. We buy the best products we can afford at the time and hold on to them for a long time. My car is old (20+ years), but has 120k miles, good mileage for a gas powered vehicle (32 mpg on highway, 27mpg locally), and still passes emissions and safety inspections with flying colors. Debatable whether recycling it and other cars every five years is better than holding onto this vehicle. Similar on electronic devices.

Not happy about tariffs but if it gets people to be more environmentally responsible, they will have some positive effect.

Driving 20 year old car is not good for the environment.

But putting a new car every four to five years into the dump is??? Even recycling the parts costs energy (hauling the parts, melting them down, etc.).

Better not to have a car at all. I am not there yet but would consider it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe $3500 iPhones are good - it will drive competition and make people think before upgrading to a new phone every year which is a disaster for the environment. We love our cheap stuff but has anyone really sat down and thought about whether it actually is good or bad in the long run?

Tariffs or no, the bolded has been an issue for me for a long time. Being environmentally conscious means nothing if we are dumping our tech devices so frequently. We buy the best products we can afford at the time and hold on to them for a long time. My car is old (20+ years), but has 120k miles, good mileage for a gas powered vehicle (32 mpg on highway, 27mpg locally), and still passes emissions and safety inspections with flying colors. Debatable whether recycling it and other cars every five years is better than holding onto this vehicle. Similar on electronic devices.

Not happy about tariffs but if it gets people to be more environmentally responsible, they will have some positive effect.

Driving 20 year old car is not good for the environment.

A 20 year old car was built in 2005. It has essentially the same pollution controls and engine efficiency as a car made yesterday. You have zero clue WTH you’re babbling about.

I'm a different poster with a 20 yo car and agree. The car is not polluting the air and passes the emissions test every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump exempted phones last night. Trump? A coward? Bending the knee to the CHINESE?!?!?

The Great Orange Joke.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o?at_ptr_name=twitter&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_link_origin=BBCBreaking&at_link_id=BD9AA23E-17A9-11F0-9EEF-DD6CAF47FE22&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social

Xi has Trumps balls in a vice

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe $3500 iPhones are good - it will drive competition and make people think before upgrading to a new phone every year which is a disaster for the environment. We love our cheap stuff but has anyone really sat down and thought about whether it actually is good or bad in the long run?

+1,000

I didn't upgrade from my iPhone 6s until last year. You don't need a new upgrade each year. iPhones can last at least 10 years.

[Anonymous]

Well, Dementia Don caved. I guess Lutnick was wrong when he said that Americans would be screwing tiny screws into phones. You know those peasant jobs aren’t going to MAGA after all.,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, Dementia Don caved. I guess Lutnick was wrong when he said that Americans would be screwing tiny screws into phones. You know those peasant jobs aren’t going to MAGA after all.,

This is tragic, I spent all of last week learning to screw tiny screws, what am I gonna do now?

[Anonymous]

Some democrats want to increase corporate taxes while claiming tariffs are bad for consumers.

Who wants to tell them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some democrats want to increase corporate taxes while claiming tariffs are bad for consumers.

Who wants to tell them?

There's a difference though - corporate taxes are based on profits (and thanks to Trump it's a flat 21% - there are no brackets). Tariffs are based on imports. There are companies out there that import goods but are barely turning a profit. You could keep them in the 21% bracket while restoring higher brackets for higher-earning companies, and a corporate tax increase wouldn't affect these companies at all. But these tariffs, which do not factor in a company's profitability, would put them out of business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, Dementia Don caved. I guess Lutnick was wrong when he said that Americans would be screwing tiny screws into phones. You know those peasant jobs aren’t going to MAGA after all.,

This is tragic, I spent all of last week learning to screw tiny screws, what am I gonna do now?

Learn to unscrew them and repair them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some democrats want to increase corporate taxes while claiming tariffs are bad for consumers.

Who wants to tell them?

There's a difference though - corporate taxes are based on profits (and thanks to Trump it's a flat 21% - there are no brackets). Tariffs are based on imports. There are companies out there that import goods but are barely turning a profit. You could keep them in the 21% bracket while restoring higher brackets for higher-earning companies, and a corporate tax increase wouldn't affect these companies at all. But these tariffs, which do not factor in a company's profitability, would put them out of business.

The point is, anyone who says corporate taxes don't get passed on to the consumer is stupid, hypocritical or lying ( or a combination of those).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some democrats want to increase corporate taxes while claiming tariffs are bad for consumers.

Who wants to tell them?

There's a difference though - corporate taxes are based on profits (and thanks to Trump it's a flat 21% - there are no brackets). Tariffs are based on imports. There are companies out there that import goods but are barely turning a profit. You could keep them in the 21% bracket while restoring higher brackets for higher-earning companies, and a corporate tax increase wouldn't affect these companies at all. But these tariffs, which do not factor in a company's profitability, would put them out of business.

The point is, anyone who says corporate taxes don't get passed on to the consumer is stupid, hypocritical or lying ( or a combination of those).

Similarly, anyone who says corporate tax reductions get passed on to the consumer or the employee is stupid, hypocritical or lying ( or a combination of those).