Posted on 11/25/2016 4:08:06 AM PST by drewh
Donald Trump may be spending Thanksgiving with his family in his Florida club Mar-a-Lago, but the President-elect promises he hasn't stopped working. On Thursday he tweeted: 'I am working hard, even on Thanksgiving, trying to get Carrier A.C. Company to stay in the U.S. (Indiana). MAKING PROGRESS - Will know soon!'
Earlier this year Carrier announced that it would relocate its production plant to Mexico, causing the loss of 1,400 US jobs in Indianapolis. In a campaign speech in the city, Trump promised he would 'tax the hell' out of Carrier's Mexico-produced products - to the tune of 35 per cent - to make them change their mind. Carrier responded to Trump's tweet with one of his own, saying: 'Carrier has had discussions with the incoming administration and we look forward to working together. Nothing to announce at this time.'
Trump kept his energy up with a five-course meal with his family, with options including 'three-layer Trump chocolate cake' and 'Mr Trump's wedge salad'. The five-course luxury menu was made available to the press, to give a hint at what the Trumps might be dining on for Thanksgiving. And what a feast it was, with a selection of options including herb-marinated beef tenderloin, pan-seared Chilean sea bass and red-wine-braised short ribs. But the more intriguing options were outside the main courses - such as the 'three layer Trump chocolate pie' in the dessert section. Meanwhile, the 'From the Garden' options included 'Mr Trump's Wedge Salad' and 'Ahi Tuna Martini's' [sic].
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The Trump presidency will bring us an entirely new culinary celebration. No more arugula, McDonald’s, and pop diets from the Obama kitchen.
WOW! I may learn to love food again.
Seems to me that the reporter was more concerned with Trumps menue than with his attempts to get the Carrier Corp.to manufacture their products in the United States.
Trump will bring the work ethic in the White House. Trump won’t be going off golfing when there is work to be done.
It’s a good thing Obama was lazy. If he worked hard, the US would be just like Venezuela!
Why do I want this company to stay? If production costs are lower in Mexico I want them to leave.
And as for Carrier what can Trump do to prompt them to change? They've committed to their analysts that they would cut labor costs by half a billion dollars. They won't be able to do that without shifting manufacturing offshore.
The end goal is to bankrupt carrier when they can’t sell their products made by workers that ate too expensive.
My take is that Trump will try to get to the bottom and find the onerous regulations that are also running up costs. It’s possible that even with expensive labor, the eliminated cost of regulation can induce Carrier to stay.
if production costs are lower in Mexico then we need to find ways to lower ours. Cut taxes and regulations before blaming everything on Mexico
Well, yes - but cutting ours might require throwing a quarter million DC regulatory bureaucrats out of work - spiking the unemployment rate. :)
Trump is the one who said he loves McDonald's. As for Obama, I don't see any arugula - Obama Thanksgiving Menu
So, you don’t mind losing jobs to Mexico while being invaded by Mexico at the same time. Why do you want to help Mexico’s economy and hurt ours?
They can help build the wall :)
because if they can’t afford to do it in America and they are taxed for doing it in Mexico, they’ll just go out of business and we will have to buy air conditioners from Mexican companies, instead.
Fussy much?
Removing regulations and cutting taxes may increase the profits for Carrier but it won't cut labor costs. It'll still be cheaper to move manufacturing overseas.
Not at all.
Irrelevant.
Labor costs are less than regulatory costs, and both together are dwarfed by the cost of insurance.
Only union Marxists and their shills (either paid or indoctrinated in the public skules) babble on about labor costs as if they were a primary factor.
I doubt that, but even if they are then so what? Cut those costs and you add money to Carrier's bottom line, which the company's stockholders will thank you for. Cut labor costs as well and the stock price goes even higher and the stockholders are even happier.
Only union Marxists and their shills (either paid or indoctrinated in the public skules) babble on about labor costs as if they were a primary factor.
Only fools think that they aren't.
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