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Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs

From john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs
Date 2025-08-14 07:59 -0700
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:05:14 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
wrote:

>Am 14.08.25 um 05:03 schrieb john larkin:
>
>> DT seems to know how to make deals. And he's on our side.
>
>Don't make me laugh so hard early in the morning!

I don't like him, but it is refreshing to have someone with common
sense in charge.

>
>When the two of us buy the same boards at JLCPCB's,
>you have to pay +35 % to +135 % compared to me, depending
>on the moon phase.

They are still crazy cheap. And the deal with China ain't done yet.
The 135% is a threat, and China's economy (and indeed China's society)
is fragile just now.

>
>It escapes me how you can see that as an advantage for you.
>Do you think you can inflate YOUR prices in proportion?

Free economies have this nice habit of adjusting themselves.

>Why didn't you do this already in the past?

Somebody was just dumb, I guess.

>
>That is nothing but a flat rate tax on YOU, designed to
>replace the progressive taxes on the really rich.

We need independent rich people because they can invest, or they got
rich by creating wealth. Look at Russia and Cuba and N Korea.

The Laffer Curve is real, and it invoves decades-long causalities.


>
>Cheers, Gerhard
>

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  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2025-08-11 15:49 +0000
    Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-12 15:11 -0400
  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-12 03:09 +1000
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  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-12 01:09 -0700
    Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-12 20:21 -0400
      Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-12 18:30 -0700
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-13 02:49 -0400
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2025-08-13 11:49 +0000
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-13 11:27 -0400
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-08-22 16:23 +0200
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-13 05:03 -0700
      Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-08-13 10:24 +0200
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-14 00:27 +1000
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-13 12:13 -0400
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-13 07:56 -0700
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-14 01:40 +1000
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-08-13 17:59 +0200
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 17:22 +0100
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-13 20:03 -0700
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-08-14 09:05 +0200
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-14 00:52 -0700
              Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-14 08:03 -0700
                Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 02:22 +1000
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-14 07:59 -0700
              Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 02:49 +1000
              Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-08-14 21:21 +0200
                Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-14 12:37 -0700
                Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 23:08 +1000
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