Donald Trump’s contempt for the free market (Trump is for bringing back American businesses)

Washington Post ^ | October 24, 2015 | Charles Lane

[Cringing Negativism Network]

All right, let’s take Donald Trump seriously. Instead of ridiculing his hair, judge the man on his ideas, especially his business-oriented plans for rekindling the U.S. economy.

One of Trump’s top proposals, emblematic of a wider protectionist approach, is to stop Ford Motor Co.’s construction of a plant in Mexico, by threatening the Michigan company with tariffs on goods it might build south of the border.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/donald-trump%E2%80%99s-contempt-for-the-free-market/ar-BBmj7qW?li=BBieRxq

[sand88]

We need to start building up America once again.

I agree 100%. The globalist elites hate to use the word America.

If Trump can get Congress to implement his platform then America can be Great Again.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

why not build a plant in Tennessee or Connecticut or Georgia, Ford??

Because the UAW. Are you a union man??

In my driveway are a Subaru and a BMW, both built in the USA by non-union labor, and I'm damn proud to say so.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

There are two parts of the issue.

First, should we heavily tax products built outside the USA by American owned companies. I think this is a bad idea, but I recognize that we can disagree in good faith.

Second, should the President be bullying American companies and "threatening" them with retaliation if they do things he does not like. We've already had several years of that sort of behavior from the White House and I say not only no, but HELL NO.

[Kickass Conservative]

What's to worry about when you are a Liberal?

Your Job disappears due to an out of control Federal Bureaucracy and lopsided unfair Trade Agreements and the Government pays your Bills, feeds your Family and puts a Roof over your head.

All you have to do is Vote for your Caretakers.

Having no skin in the game is the way to go.

Pontification is easy when you aren't starving to death. LOL

[ExCTCitizen]

Hell no, I am not. I have a Ford Transit and a F350 (grew up in a Ford family), wife has a Honda. If Ford wanted to support America, they would built in the US in a right to work state.

If Ford wanted to tell the UAW to 'pound salt', they would do it, Mexico have unions...

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

I don't think any of the big three have any non union plants stateside, nor would the UAW let them (I'd be happy to be shown that I'm wrong about this).

So, Ford plant moves from Mexico to stateside, more UAW members, more campaign cash for Democrats.