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  • J Jolly
    1 Feb 2025, 02:06

    @taiwan_girl said in From the department of bad ideas:

    @Jolly said in From the department of bad ideas:

    @jon-nyc said in From the department of bad ideas:

    What precisely are we trying to get out of Taiwan?

    Factories.

    Yeah, but TSCM is already investing USD$XX billion at a plant in AZ. And, somebody said earlier that these factories take years to come up to operation. The biggest problem right now in the AZ plant is not the construction, but getting the proper labor.

    Forcing TSCM and other Taiwanese semi-conductor companies to build in the US does not solve that problem.

    HB-1 does.

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    Axtremus
    wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 03:02 last edited by Axtremus 2 Jan 2025, 03:02
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    @Jolly said in From the department of bad ideas:

    @taiwan_girl said in From the department of bad ideas:

    @Jolly said in From the department of bad ideas:

    @jon-nyc said in From the department of bad ideas:

    What precisely are we trying to get out of Taiwan?

    Factories.

    Yeah, but TSCM is already investing USD$XX billion at a plant in AZ. And, somebody said earlier that these factories take years to come up to operation. The biggest problem right now in the AZ plant is not the construction, but getting the proper labor.

    Forcing TSCM and other Taiwanese semi-conductor companies to build in the US does not solve that problem.

    HB-1 does.

    "Factory" is the wrong answer.
    We should want the talent and the know-how, maybe even the culture that fostered the talent and the know-how.

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    • L LuFins Dad
      31 Jan 2025, 21:58

      The one thing about Trump is he is not averse to reversing course. If he sees something going poorly, he’ll pull back and go in a different direction. Take the spending freeze. It was too confusing, people were bitching, and there was a legitimate shot that it would bite him in the ass. So he pulled it. If Trump sees inflationary reactions to fall that are actually incurred, he will pivot.

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      89th
      wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 05:15 last edited by
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      @LuFins-Dad said in From the department of bad ideas:

      The one thing about Trump is he is not averse to reversing course. If he sees something going poorly, he’ll pull back and go in a different direction. Take the spending freeze. It was too confusing, people were bitching, and there was a legitimate shot that it would bite him in the ass. So he pulled it. If Trump sees inflationary reactions to fall that are actually incurred, he will pivot.

      The inflationary concerns might be too subtle to change his mind but I’m not sure how much of America knows that tariffs are literally price increases paid by the end customer.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 3 Feb 2025, 18:50 last edited by
        #27

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 3 Feb 2025, 19:05 last edited by
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          https://www.reuters.com/markets/wealth/trump-signs-executive-order-create-sovereign-wealth-fund-2025-02-03/

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            89th
            wrote on 3 Feb 2025, 20:20 last edited by
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            Let's see if kids stay on Tik Tok once it's owned by the uncool boomer government.

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              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on 4 Feb 2025, 19:44 last edited by
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              I can't wait to hear them freak out over the data mining.

              Please love yourself.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 6 Feb 2025, 22:19 last edited by jon-nyc 23 days ago
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                Bloomberg is how one monitors bond markets. Let’s make sure no one in the treasury department has access. Why would they need that, anyway?

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • J jon-nyc
                  6 Feb 2025, 22:19

                  Bloomberg is how one monitors bond markets. Let’s make sure no one in the treasury department has access. Why would they need that, anyway?

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                  Renauda
                  wrote on 6 Feb 2025, 22:22 last edited by Renauda 23 days ago
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                  @jon-nyc

                  May be they’ll utilize the services of astrologers to keep an eye on the markets.

                  Elbows up!

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 00:05 last edited by
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                    I believe Politico Pro is the real target of this. And a well deserved one.

                    The Brad

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 13:28 last edited by
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                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                        89th
                        wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 14:15 last edited by
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                        LOL. Yeah lots of stupidity out there right now.

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                          7 Feb 2025, 13:28

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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 15:51 last edited by
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                          @jon-nyc said in From the department of bad ideas:

                          Shhh!! Dont let the truth get in the way of a good story.

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