Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@riley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>riley</span></a></span> I agree.</p><ul><li>The sheer fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> are being analyzed as something to be rationalized is beyond me.</li></ul><p>The fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> of all places who literally unilaterally declared 0% tariffs got no better deal than anyone else shows that one cannot negotiate with the Trumpisr <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Regime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regime</span></a>.</p><ul><li>The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> led by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zensursula</span></a> even offered equal tariffs, but that's gonna get declined as well.</li></ul><p>TBH, it's high time the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span> enacts a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrizeFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrizeFreeze</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-owned & controlled <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/products" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>products</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> (similar to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OilPriceCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilPriceCap</span></a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>) and enacts a 400% <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCSS</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> closed-source <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a>) and 500% on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> (incl. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hostng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hostng</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SaaS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaaS</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>) as well as introduce a 250% <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalExportTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalExportTax</span></a> to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> or US-controlled subsidiaries to combat <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxAvoidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxAvoidance</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxMitigations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxMitigations</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DoubleDurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleDurch</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CVBV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CVBV</span></a>) and <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a>"</em> loopholes to bleed EU-based subsidiaries dry of taxable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a>! </p><ul><li>And don't forget everything else to have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TariffEqulibrium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TariffEqulibrium</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Also it's high time <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Galileo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galileo</span></a> gets upgraded from a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SBAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBAS</span></a> to a real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNSS</span></a> that isn't designed weaker than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a>, but better!</p>