Trump: Apple should build 'their damn things' in US

[Meshuge Mikey]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump warned  that he would force Apple, the U.S.'s most profitable company, to manufacture all of its products in the U.S. if he is elected president in November 2016.
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MISTER FREE MARKET HAS SPOKEN!!

[Fishrrman]

Apple -does- build the current Mac Pro mini-tower here in the U.S.A.

It's also the most expensive product in their entire lineup.

[Sanguine]

I love pro-liberty conservatives!

[Meshuge Mikey]

Apple -does- build the current Mac Pro mini-tower here in the U.S.A.

It's also the most expensive product in their entire lineup.

I Understand they build both the iMac and the mac Pro in the Good Old U.S.A!


Im sitting in front of my New iMac and directly next to my Old Mac Pro.


The would be candidate from New York doesn't seem to have done much research before issuing his royal proclamation

[Meshuge Mikey]

I love pro-liberty conservatives!

The Timing for this Proclamation is astonishing

[Sanguine]

The Timing for this Proclamation is astonishing

As is the location.

[Meshuge Mikey]

As is the location.

Liberty....University!   the Perfect Storm


You VILL moof ze factories upon My cohmandt!!!!!

[jmyrlefuller]

As much of a beef as I have with Red China, and this goes back many years, in this case, Red China actually has an abundance of the rare-earth minerals used in manufacturing these devices. It is one of the few times it actually makes economic sense to trade with China, where they have a resource we don't.

[EC]

As I keep saying with these pronouncements:

How.

[DCPatriot]

As I keep saying with these pronouncements:

How.

Wondering that myself.

Tariffs and a surtax of some kind, perhaps?

[famousdayandyear]

Wondering that myself.

Tariffs and a surtax of some kind, perhaps?

Since we have so many wizards of smart herein, ask them how currencies get their values changed day to day by the chicoms.

[DCPatriot]

Since we have so many wizards of smart herein, ask them how currencies get their values changed day to day by the chicoms.

I was wondering how Trump....who would have no presidential/legal authority to force Apple to make their products here in the USA...would accomplish it.

Suggested that a surtax on imports making it more profitable for the company to have them made here was the only way I cold think of.

Why the nasty attitude tonight, famous?   

Upset over Sarah?   

[famousdayandyear]

I was wondering how Trump....who would have no presidential/legal authority to force Apple to make their products here in the USA...would accomplish it.

Suggested that a surtax on imports making it more profitable for the company to have them made here was the only way I cold think of.

Why the nasty attitude tonight, famous?   

Upset over Sarah?   

What's up there, DC.  Tell me, when did the truth become "nasty"?  Or are you just (trying) to keep me in check. 

BTW:  Gutsy move from Sarah.  She may become Sec of Interior and save the country from the BLM claws.  and/or she may fire that EPA bitch.

Re chicoms.  Apply enough pressure and they will correct themselves.  Combine that immediate action against the Chinese with immediate action here to rid businesses of regulatory strangulation via EPA, OSHA, HHS, and so on. Voila, manufacturing in the USA becomes a viable alternative.

BTW, hope you and yours are in for a great new year.

[famousdayandyear]

PS:  Immediate moratorium on corporate tax from offshore ops

[EC]

Wondering that myself.

Tariffs and a surtax of some kind, perhaps?

Maybe. But your know the problem with tariffs - one country puts them on, everyone puts them on, so you're back where you started, just at higher prices.
I'm also not even sure the President can set tariffs - that sort of thing seems to be the domain of the guys with the purse strings. 

It's all very well saying these things - in fact it's something I strongly agree with, moving manufacturing back home - but without the "how" it's an empty promise. I've had enough of those.

[famousdayandyear]

Maybe. But your know the problem with tariffs - one country puts them on, everyone puts them on, so you're back where you started, just at higher prices.
I'm also not even sure the President can set tariffs - that sort of thing seems to be the domain of the guys with the purse strings. 

It's all very well saying these things - in fact it's something I strongly agree with, moving manufacturing back home - but without the "how" it's an empty promise. I've had enough of those.

Interesting no mention of the measures put forth in my posts which do not require tariffs, surtax or any type of punitive taxes on imports.

Guess you overlooked them.  No worries.  SOP.

[EC]

Possibly because I agreed with your point? Well, your point about the excessive and often arbitrary regulations.

Pressure on the Chinese - again, nice in theory, but difficult in fact when they hold the mortgage on the USA.

[jmyrlefuller]

Possibly because I agreed with your point? Well, your point about the excessive and often arbitrary regulations.

Pressure on the Chinese - again, nice in theory, but difficult in fact when they hold the mortgage on the USA.

That's where balancing the budget comes in.

[Fishrrman]

Mikey wrote above:
"I Understand they build both the iMac and the mac Pro in the Good Old U.S.A!"

Most iMacs are still assembled in China.

A -few- of them -- custom-ordered iMacs -- get "finished off" in the U.S.A., I believe.
But if it's a "stock" model, almost certainly from China.

I believe the parts of the Mac Pro are from Asia as well, with final assembly here.

I think the latest Mac Minis ("2014" model) may be assembled in the same place.

The box on my "late 2012" Mini says "China".

I'm thinking that if you buy an "Apple factory refurbished" product (which are actually very good buys), the "refurbishing" is done here, too.

[EC]

That's where balancing the budget comes in.

You're looking at a generation for that.

I don't know crap about high finance and economics, but I do know it's almost impossible to get out of trouble faster than you got into it.