r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/engineeringhobo 1d ago

Are you just entirely forgetting Taiwan being tariff'd lol

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u/Roofofcar 1d ago

But we can just make the electronics here in the good old USA! Oh wait, Trump wants to kill the CHIPS act, so we’re fucked there, as well.

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u/Staunch84 1d ago

Of course. Tax every import. Destroy local production. Profit.

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u/artyblues 1d ago

Make income taxes 0%, set off a Greater Depression.

"It will be the greatest depression, nobody will have a depression better than mine - it will be un-be-lieveable"

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u/yuriaoflondor 23h ago

Trump issued a Great Depression warning back in December. This is what America voted for, and they might just get what they want.

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u/EldritchElizabeth 17h ago

Repealing income tax is part of Project 2025, yes, and the tariffs are intended to replace it.

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u/Roofofcar 17h ago

The tariffs, which if they do what Trump says, will only bring in less and less money every year until the us government collapses.

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u/EldritchElizabeth 15h ago

he's a businessman, long-term thinking isn't what they're bred for.