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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: jerryab ✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Control Panel: Authoritarians and Macro Trends
Date: 08/17/25 12:48 PM
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I don't understand what the legal basis is for extorting 15% of sales of some types of chips to China.

The rationale is not too hard to understand. Supposedly, the sales to be permitted are of an older/previous chip--not the most current "hot" chip. So, this would be sales that would otherwise not be allowed to happen (per the US govt). Of course, that means the now-permitted chip sales *would/could* be used against the US (in weapons, etc). So Spankee's idiocy is on public display for all to see. He is willing to sacrifice US security for personal political gain. His expectation is nothing will happen--at least, NOT WHILE HE IS IN OFFICE. Once he is out, he doesn't give a crap. It is then somebody else's problem.
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