The very first word in the headline for this article is "Trump".
No, the factory is unlikely to be built and operating and making anything before Trump leaves office.
They didn't move anything. The factories in India and China were already there and making phones. They changed where they were delivered. It does sound like Trump's threats to India about buying Russian oil (which I agree with) will likely force Apple to use Chinese iPhones in the USA again.
I agree with you.
A "conspiracy" is when more than one person works together on some action. Possibly the word should not apply unless they make an effort to hide the fact that they are doing the action. But it is going to cover a lot of stuff like business dealings and arranging a surprise birthday party.
A "conspiracy theory" is somebody claiming there is a conspiracy without any proof. May also require that they not be a member of the conspiracy, somebody claiming they are part of a conspiracy but lying should have some other term.
I think I misread the initial posts, the person talking about 9-11 was complaining about the same thing, you need the word "theory" to split real conspiracies from ones that may not exist. Initial poster was claiming you should never use the word "theory".
The "left" tries to use tariffs to change behavior, for instance "unless you bring your worker protections up to American standards you get this tariff". IMHO the chances of this working are just as dismal.
I agree, such very expensive cameras will just be hidden in the fentanyl shipments if they are easily bought for the original price in Japan.
The increase for the three quoted items are 12.5%, 11.8%, and10.7%. Apparently the previous tariff was about 2% so the increase is actually 13%.
Tariffs are used because they are an income source and a regressive tax. They basically rely on the fact that nobody is able to manufacture the object locally.
No that does not work. The factory still needs to get the parts needed to make the product, and those are still imported and covered by the tax.
It is possible to "promise" to build a factory in the USA, that may result in the tariffs being dropped as Trump may be fooled into thinking he "won".
also, they'd be paying more taxes were they here legally, as would their employers.
BZZT! Wrong.
E-verify is purposely designed to fail, it is part of the system designed so that you don't get in any trouble for hiring illegal immigrants despite it being against the law. A business has a get-out-of-jail-free card by saying "hey we used e-verify".
I'm pretty certain a self-driving motorboat will be possible.
VAT is paid on non-imports as well.
Perhaps the best counterexample of your premise is the Unabomber. Yes, not on the Web--but I think that was half because of the timing and half because he understood the lack of real technology-based anonymity. But he tried quite hard to stay hidden. And died in prison..
Theodore Kaczynski was caught because of poor Operational Security (OPSEC). He let his ego get the better of him, delivering a 35,000 word manifesto and insisting that it be made public.
He was caught only because he thought he was smarter than everybody else, leaving clues with each bomb and in his manifesto. Ultimately the Washington Post's publication of his writings caught the eye of researchers, and more importantly, his younger brother David, who turned him in for the $1M reward.
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