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OdinHades said:
I always wonder if there are really that many americans just waiting to get a minimum-wage job at a foxconn factory. That company alone has like 1.3 million employees. If each and every thing the americans want and need is to be produced in their own country, they could need anything between 10 and 20 million work drones. Which will be even harder to achieve when you throw out all those immigrants...

Maybe it's just me, what the hell do I know about economics, but is all that really thought-through?

They work on avg 16hours a day, and are encuraged to work more (extra hours).

Those workers do it for small pay, and often become depressed about their state of life (feeling worked to death, forced to do so to feed family).

They have safety nets that catch suicide jumpers on their factory roofs, because of how often it happends that a worker "jumps".

It disrupts the workplace, and thus costs money (which is the only reason they put up nets).

They dont care about their work force at all.

 

They also use dangerous materials, without proper safety and often have explosions in factory due to not following the needed safety messures.

Im sure there are ALOT of americans just dyeing to get those jobs.....riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!



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roadkillers said:

What the hell Microsoft? Tax the **** out of them Trump! What the flying ****. Sony and Nintendo, i guess, but Microsoft is seen as an American console. 10% tax baby!

 

https://www.vg247.com/2017/01/24/trumps-proposed-trade-tariff-could-impact-the-price-of-consoles-games-in-the-us/

What are you talking about? My 2014 PS4 says it's made in Japan.



I don't think consoles were made in the US since Atari. Was Atari made in the US or was that China too?



I thought Trumps plan only involves companys who are planning to leave not already left.



Ya? Many things are made in China. Over one billion people live there. A seventh of the worlds population. Gotta be useful for something.



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Turkish said:
roadkillers said:

What the hell Microsoft? Tax the **** out of them Trump! What the flying ****. Sony and Nintendo, i guess, but Microsoft is seen as an American console. 10% tax baby!

 

https://www.vg247.com/2017/01/24/trumps-proposed-trade-tariff-could-impact-the-price-of-consoles-games-in-the-us/

What are you talking about? My 2014 PS4 says it's made in Japan.

That tariff will go to all the goods not produced in the US, not just to those made in China.



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Azzanation said:

Haha poor poor MS.

Positive, leads to better quality built products in the future. 

China's professional manufacturing industry makes just as high quality products as manufacturing industry elsewhere. But sure, impose tariffs, it'll only be robots assembling them if they move it to the US. Heck, that'll be the case regardless of where it is in a few years, but if firms are forced to build new manufacturing plants anywhere, you can bet your ass they'll be automated to all hell, so you will just gain a handful of jobs anyway.



TIL what lies beyond the border is China and china alone



Normchacho said:
I don't understand the majority of your post...Yes, Trump may impose trade tariffs that impact video games and consoles...what does the rest of your post mean?

Translation: The PS4 has had a winning streak too long! Big border tax on Sony and also on Microsoft if they do not make their consoles in the US! ~ Donald J Trump. 45th President of the United States of America and God-Emperor of Mankind. 

USA baby! 



AsGryffynn said:
Normchacho said:
I don't understand the majority of your post...Yes, Trump may impose trade tariffs that impact video games and consoles...what does the rest of your post mean?

Translation: The PS4 has had a winning streak too long! Big border tax on Sony and also on Microsoft if they do not make their consoles in the US! ~ Donald J Trump. 45th President of the United States of America and God-Emperor of Mankind. 

USA baby! 

Then I guess things will just get needlessly more expensive in the US.

Those factories are probably staying where they are, not moveing to the US.

What that means overall is the US will be come more poor.