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To: Mad Dawgg
So let me sum up for you. You claim on one hand labor has little bearing on the cost of goods sold and on the other hand we can't compete with China's low labor rates because it has little bearing on the cost of goods sold.

I said little, not no effect. I'm not accusing you of this but I've been in arguments where Free traders tell me screwdrivers would cost $10.00 a piece if made in USA. They honestly believe that. Well mathematically they haven't really thought that out. Leaving quality out of it(which is a big omission) let's say a screwdriver imported from China costs $1.00 US, a buck. For that same screwdriver made in the USA to cost $10.00 US labor per screw driver would have to be $8.00 US per screwdriver let's add a dollar for extra taxes and regulations. Do people really believe that? Do you believe that?

106 posted on 01/24/2014 10:00:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
...but I've been in arguments where Free traders tell me screwdrivers would cost $10.00 a piece if made in USA....

What was the tariff rate you were proposing on domestic screwdrivers? I missed that part.

108 posted on 01/24/2014 10:01:41 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: central_va
"I'm not accusing you of this but I've been in arguments where Free traders tell me screwdrivers would cost $10.00 a piece if made in USA."

Do you believe that placing tariffs on all imports will have no affect on the price of goods?

109 posted on 01/24/2014 10:02:14 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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