U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

Make chips in the U.S., or pay tariffs.

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
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I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨37⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
Like taxing houses based on the number of windows

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- ibot@feddit.org ⁨35⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
  
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  - RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    
    was designed to impose tax relative to the prosperity of the taxpayer, but without the controversy that then surrounded the idea of income tax.
    
    So nothing has changed in 400 years. Cool, cool cool cool.
    
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Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This nightmare determination and implementation of tariff policies is why I bought the best phone I could afford last year. This shit is gonna have to last at least 6 years for me.

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Deflated0ne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’d rather buy bootlegs. Or smuggled items.

They keep going this way and smuggling is gonna become a valid career again.

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