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China's Prices Undercut U.S. Tire Makers, Causing Plant Closings
Newhouse News ^ | 8/8/2006 | Thomas W. Gerdel

Posted on 08/09/2006 8:54:06 AM PDT by Incorrigible

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I had always heard that importing low end tires was uneconomic since they take up so much room and didn't provide a significant margin.  Guess I heard wrong.
1 posted on 08/09/2006 8:54:08 AM PDT by Incorrigible
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To: A. Pole; Willie Green

Willie Green, wherever you are, please pick up the white courtesy phone.


2 posted on 08/09/2006 8:56:01 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Incorrigible

Free traitors strike the middle class again.


3 posted on 08/09/2006 8:56:56 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Hydroshock

We won't stop until the middle class swells even more!


4 posted on 08/09/2006 8:58:52 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Incorrigible
This report is hard to believe.
I would no more put Chinese-manufactured tires on any of my cars than drive constantly over broken glass.

We're not talking inconvenience here, and saving $10 a tire.

This is literally a matter of life or death, and I do not know a single person I deal with who feels differently.

5 posted on 08/09/2006 9:01:07 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: 1rudeboy

More like swells the unemployment lines.


6 posted on 08/09/2006 9:03:26 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Hydroshock

All the way to 4.8%, baby!


7 posted on 08/09/2006 9:04:07 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Incorrigible
Passenger tire production in the United States has fallen from 223 million tires in 2000 to 176 million in 2005, a drop of 21 percent, Ludwig said. The union is facing another round of plant shutdowns, due partly to the rising imports and a sluggish tire market.

Companies want to cut costs, while the union seeks to preserve wages and benefits, and prevent further erosion of production and jobs.

I reversed the order of these two statements to illustrate the connection between them.

Unions have not yet caught on that non-skilled jobs can no longer set the value of their own work. Those days are gone forever as are, increasingly, unions.
Work for what your labor is worth, look for another job or, horrors, educate yourself and upgrade your skills!

8 posted on 08/09/2006 9:06:23 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: 1rudeboy

From 4.6. With a economy that is starting to show real signs of slowing.


9 posted on 08/09/2006 9:06:29 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Hydroshock

I know, I know. The economy has been showing real signs of slowing since 2001.


10 posted on 08/09/2006 9:07:51 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Publius6961

Kumho tires get consistently good reviews and are about half the price of tires of comparable quality. I believe they are South Korean.


11 posted on 08/09/2006 9:08:27 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Hydroshock
Free traitors strike the middle class again.

You opened yourself up to it now. Expect 50+ replies about how lazy and evil those selfish, greedy Americans were for wanting to be paid decently and how great it will be now that a Chicom sweatshop can do the job.
12 posted on 08/09/2006 9:09:51 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: Publius6961
Tires sold in the US must meet US DOT inspection. Check the tires on 18 wheelers and you'll find they're made in Thailand, S. Korea, etc. Many of our tire plants are quite old and use primitive tire making technology and, of course, they are high cost, unionized plants.
13 posted on 08/09/2006 9:10:47 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Publius6961
..........ever heard of a car called the "Geely"...?? do a Google search; you'll probably be quite (un)pleasantly surprised.... I think it all comes down to "the bottom line," and if these Chinese tires make the grade and prove themselves at least the equal to all of the other major tire brands we all have been used to seeing and using, they'll make significant inroads to the U.S. tire market. Hell; Firestone has been owned for quite a number of years now by Bridgestone, which is a Japanese company, if I recall.... a sign of the times.... it all comes down to cost controls........
14 posted on 08/09/2006 9:11:38 AM PDT by Thunderchief F-105
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To: mysterio; 1rudeboy

1rudeboy is aready on it.


15 posted on 08/09/2006 9:11:57 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Publius6961
Tires sold in the US must meet US DOT inspection. Check the tires on 18 wheelers and you'll find they're made in Thailand, S. Korea, etc. Many of our tire plants are quite old and use primitive tire making technology and, of course, they are high cost, unionized plants.
16 posted on 08/09/2006 9:12:18 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: mysterio

I'm sure he thanks you for the warning, but I think he can handle it . . . unlike others. [hint]


17 posted on 08/09/2006 9:13:00 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Hydroshock
Free traitors strike the middle class again.

Gov't regulators, bureaucrats, IRS, envirowackos, etc. strike the middle class again and repeatedly

18 posted on 08/09/2006 9:13:44 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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To: Hydroshock

You bet I am. Single-handedly (so far) keeping this thread from being overrun by statists.


19 posted on 08/09/2006 9:14:24 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: mysterio
Expect 50+ replies about how lazy and evil those selfish, greedy Americans were for wanting to be paid decently and how great it will be now that a Chicom sweatshop can do the job.

Why don't you blame politicians instead of the evil business and consumer.

20 posted on 08/09/2006 9:15:08 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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