Posted on 03/12/2018 10:25:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Free trade costs 6000 American jobs per billion dollars of trade deficit, according to some analysts.
These free trade maggots are too much. The only real downside to a tariff is possible inflation. Well I think the inflation is worth it for full employment and national security. It is a one time adjustment in prices that will only go down as domestic competition kicks in and quality/workmanship returns to the market place.
So tariffs keep jobs in other countries but they won’t work here??
Seems a bunch of foreigners don’t want us to take back our jobs.
No tariffs costs us jobs and tariffs costs us jobs. There is no winning with these gloBULList a$$wipes.
“In theory, this is quite true”
In theory anything can be true. In this case this article is based on exactly NOYHING. We don’t yet know which countries will be affected by the Tariff increase and we don’t know to what extent those countries which are affected will be affected.
The article is 100% BS.
“They are raising prices 10% across the board because of the tariff.”
Seems premature. They don’t even know at this point, that offending suppliers will reduce costs in other areas. There are likely other suppliers.
“They are raising prices 10% across the board because of the tariff.”
Seems premature. They don’t even know at this point, that offending suppliers will reduce costs in other areas. There are likely other suppliers.
Excellent comment!
So there is a tariff on powder coating, who know? LOL.
You are being conned. Your supplier can have no idea at this point that they will be effected.
Get someone else to do the work for you if at all possible.
Whereas, we KNOW that the trade imbalance we have had for years cost Americans jobs.
So let’s see all the stats you are getting your info from as to production capabilities of Tanks, ships, aircraft etc and be sure your stats include ability to satisfy demand in time of war.
Will wait for your proof.
...and the moon is made out of green cheese.
Why didn't the steel companies compete with each other and drive prices down before the tariff?
I don't ever remember a late night dorm room discussion in which free trade was discussed, unless it had to do with the price of pot!
Never mind that tech was hit with offshoring abuse about a decade after NAFTA - leaving no industry or profession untouched.
Because the cost of domestic production has to cover things like Government Regulation (Think EPA, OSHA minimum wage laws etc) which makes it impossible for them to compete with pennies an hour labor in 3rd world countries that do not impose the same environmental/safety/labor standards.
So if we want the safety/wage/environmental standards, they come at a costs and that cost has to be covered by higher prices.
It's so much easier, especially for black race grievance muckrakers to blame whitey for their problems instead of putting down the crack pipe and stop having babies out of wedlock.
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