Posted on 01/22/2016 10:09:16 AM PST by CharlesOConnell
When China attacks, maybe Wal-Mart employees can go on unemployment in the City of San Pedro, home of the Port of Los Angeles.
The fix is to cut off most of the regulation, abolish EPA and DOEnergy and cut or eliminate corporate taxes. Then comes the long boom that will deafen us all.
The chinese don’t have to attack.
All they have to do is turn all of the container ships around, and send them elsewhere.
Industry in the US would grind to a halt when that supply chain ran dry.
I don’t shop at Walmart. Sales are almost non-existent and so not cheaper, lines always long, cheap merchandise.
You might as well rail against the cold weather.
In business, lowering your operating costs keeps you competitive and your doors open. In home finance, lowering your costs keeps you in your house and from filing for bankruptcy. Telling someone that they must shop at a more expensive store does not meet their needs.
Competition is the driver and it will always be around.
WalMart isn’t the only place that sells mostly imported goods. And of course China isn’t going to attack anyway. And when push comes to shove our manufacturing output is extremely high, it’s AUTOMATION that’s costing jobs (globally) not outsourcing. And that genie ain’t going back in the bottle.
And then they’re stuck with millions of dollars of merch and nobody to sell it to.
Almost none of the stuff I buy at WM is from China.
I’m not in love with WM, but when they’re the low cost on groceries, motor oil, etc I’m headed there.
“I don’t shop at Walmart. Sales are almost non-existent and so not cheaper, lines always long, cheap merchandise.”
Ditto.
Trump is right we need to tariff imports from Asia, especially from China.
Exactly right. I have made this same point many times on FR, mostly in vain.
Tariff Chines imports now!
Sales in the form of price roll backs happen at Wal-Mart all the time. Their regular prices for groceries are fifteen percent below that of area supermarkets. Maybe the lines are long because people flock there for the value. I find the self-checkout a handy way to beat the long lines. People who bash Wal-Mart come across as snobs.
People are addicted to their boogiemen. I’ll foray into this a couple of times a year, but I know they won’t pay attention, they’ve got a narrative, and they’re OK with being wrong.
There is no “city of San Pedro”. San Pedro is a part of the city of Los Angeles (and has been since 1909).
I didn’t “bash” Walmart, just stated the reasons I don’t shop there. I’m a Target customer, clean store, short lines, great sales, and I get 5% off with their card.
We HAVE factories here. Lots of them. Our manufacturing out put is higher than pre-WWII as a GDP percentage. It’s the JOBS that are gone NOT the manufacturing. There’s lots of reasons for offshoring: cheap labor, lack EPA BS, no unions, proximity to other markets, easier acquisition of land, tax breaks...
Tariffs accomplish nothing. They’re a way to prop up poorly run businesses against smarter competition, and punish the consumer by making them pay higher prices for not good reason.
You got one thing right though. Go Trump, go far far away. That 5 time party changing isn’t a conservative and anybody that thinks he is has allowed themselves to be duped.
......it's AUTOMATION that's costing jobs (globally) not outsourcing. And that genie ain't going back in the bottle.
BINGO!! That is a subject we would discuss at length 40-50 years ago.
How many jobs will Automation cost in the future? Well, The "future" is here and it is now.
Thousands of jobs have been lost to automation and it will continue.
Yes, I know, but it’s still disappointing.
Sam Walton tried to stock his Walmart stores with all- American merchandise. But that resulted in too many empty shelves. Too much stuff just isn’t made in USA anymore. You can’t please or keep your customers with empty shelves, so Sam’s American- merchandise campaign had to be ended. (Note: they was some years ago. If anything, there’s even less stuff made in USA nowadays. But Walmart did try ...)
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