Subj : Re: Trump admin accuses A
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Mon May 05 2025 08:30 am

-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Gerhard Strangar <=-

 GS> AT> I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's n
 GS> AT> an overnight process.
 GS>
 GS> Can you explain how an additional tax of up to 145 % is supposed to make
 GS> prices go _down_? The Chinese minimum wage is between 10 and 26 CNY per
 GS> hour, which is roughly 1.30-3.50 US-$. Do you want to lower the minimum
 GS> wage to that?

 AT> I can't explain it, but I also can't whine about it because it's not
 AT> hurting me. The media is an expert at turning people into
 AT> hypochondriacs.

 AT> "The sun is going to burn out and we're all gonna freeze to death!"

 AT> "An asteroid is going to strike the earth and we're all gonna burn to
 AT> death!"

 AT> "Trump's tariffs are going to cause you to get erectile dysfunction!"

 AT> Don't let them control you.

Can't disagree with you there! 

I'm a board game fan, and of course all the board games are made overseas.
Now I'm not looking for anyone in the industry to lose thier jobs - not
my desire at all - but if they can, they'll start making in America. Prices
might still go up some, but at least people in this country will be making
the money 'on the factory floor.'

Also - I honestly enjoy getting a new game, but I'm to the point in my life
where I will never play the ones I already have to the point that I'm tired
of them. :-)  Just had a 'gaming weekend' a few weekends ago. Played three
games of Terraforming Mars, two of Stone Age, and about a dozen games of
Camel Up. That was it. Never touched Catan, Istanbul, Ticket to Ride, etc.

Not complaining, of course, just saying I could NEVER buy a new game again
and be good with what I have. (And I didn't even mention the ones I didn't
even have hopes of getting to the table...)


.... There will be a seminar on Time Travel last Thursday.
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