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AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”
I mean, in what other way would he do it, than the single dumbest way imaginable?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/ai-industry-says-trump-plans-to-tax-chips-in-the-single-dumbest-way-imaginable/
Replying to @Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world
Has the AI industry tried bribing him more? That usually does the trick.
Replying to @sundray@lemmus.org
My bet is on exactly that being the plan. Stocks go down, tech companies pay to bribe him, next Tuesday a reversal of tariff plans, stocks go up, rich people make more money. Rinse, repeat