Subj : Re: US PC prices could so
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Jan 07 2025 08:51:00

>Trump probably likes Zeldin because he's a military veteran, and I like that
>too, but that doesn't mean that we need him tagging along. (What ever happened
>to "I like winners, not losers?")

Zeldin continues to get elected so, in Trump's eyes, that might be the type
of winner he is looking for.

> At the Trump rallies, Trump said something about his plan to "bring
> manufacturing of circuit boards back the the USA," but I'm not sure if that
> includes computers and/or cellphones.

Those are parts of computers and automated equipment, for sure.  Like I
said, I am not so sure any US companies will be able to match foreign
sources on cost, which will make it less likely they will try.

> There has to be a limit to how much we can tolerate from China though, in
> exchange for access to their nifty devices. I think that's what Trump's
ariff
> are all about.

I agree we really should not tolerate a lot of what they do.  However, as I
said before, I believe that ultimately we will wind up trading one foreign
partner we don't trust -- China -- for another foreign partner that we also
probably shouldn't trust -- whoever will wind up making the stuff we
currently get from China.

I could be wrong... someone domestic could figure out a way to make things
at a lower cost... but I am not counting on it.


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