Posted on 01/09/2017 8:23:22 AM PST by fision
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Trump is doing this only as a thumb in the eye of Bezos. It’s doubtful that Alibaba would compete with Amazon for several years, but the threat is definitely there.
“I wouldn’t trust Alibaba any further than I could throw them,..”
I completely agree.
To me, there seems something wrong with that organization. I haven’t looked completely under the covers, but something seems fishy.
...” sweet heart air mail deal with USPS.”
Got that straight. I’ve paid under a $1 for things from china, including postage, that would have cost $5 to ship from next door. That “deal” the world’s postal services have has got to be renegotiated. Know anyone who might do this?
I’m very pleased with this news. Mr. Trump is very business savvy and I’m confident that this deal will benefit the U.S. economy and the American consumer.
Re: post 43, why would you want to make US consumers pay more in postage on orders from overseas? Unless you see overseas companies as competition and want to cripple the competition. I’m a consumer and I appreciate finding the best possible price.
Re: post 43, why would you want to make US consumers pay more in postage on orders from overseas? Unless you see overseas companies as competition and want to cripple the competition. I’m a consumer and I appreciate finding the best possible price.
Are you a taxpayer? Makes no sense for the US TAXPAYERS to subsidize Chinese jobs which is what is happening here. It should never be cheaper to air mail thousands of miles away than across the street. There is nothing “competitive” about crony capitalism like that. Unsurprisingly, US businesses get no such deals shipping TO China.
Alibaba sells tons of counterfeit products, using low resolution images from hundreds of artists, stolen without permission. I know this for a FACT, as they have stolen much of my art. They also then sell crappy low resolution blurry products, using our art, on Amazon. It has been a long horrible battle. That is just art. Both alibaba and amazon, sell counterfeit products of many other things as well. I wish Trump would put the immediate Thump to this!
And just what is wrong with hot, dirty, physically demanding jobs? They produce men, not snowflakes! Soldiers, Military men, Farmers, ranchers, well drillers, miners, construction workers, steelworkers, small businessmen, and on and on. They are the solid strength of this country, not the sneering elite of the “don’t get dirty” crowd who won’t get their lily-white hands dirty!.
Food exports back to china....THAT”S WHY!
The point is not clean hands or dirty but whether there will be a work force willing to take the dirty jobs. Right now there arent enough truly skilled workers to consume the jobs available. Adding more jobs only makes the situation worse. Are companys expected to take whatever?
There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only a wage shortage.
No, I dont agree with that at all. Money can never ever buy what doesnt already exist.
So the laws of supply and demand do not work for labor?
If STEM wages go up, dramatically, what do you think will happen when future college students pick a major? What will happen to supply. These are fundamental questions that anyone should be able to answer.
If the greedy employers would pay wages people could actually live on, instead of 2002 wages, they’d get a lot more applicants. If not, they can easily set up to train new hires if hiring more workers are so important to them.
They’d better get ready for massive new policies and reforms regarding these reckless dangerous chain immigration policies. That bull sh*t is up for some big changes.
Wrong again, McFry. The Constitution nowhere forbids free, unrestricted trade with any foreign country. It only gives the feds choice but not the mandate to regulate such (Art I, Sec 8, Cl 3).
Where's that in the Constitution?
Heck, where are our existing "social programs to help people out" in the Constitution?
Wrong. The US Constitution doesn’t sanction or protect Free Trade with other nations in any way shape or form. It authorizes duties and tariffs on imports which is the opposite of Free Trade. The first law ever passed by the first congress was the tariff Act of 1789.
The leftist use the “promote the general welfare” clause to do about anything they want.
They also abuse the bit about regulating interstate commerce. They specialize in twisting the law to mean what it clearly does not.
BTW, I’m glad to see you voluntarily advocating reduction of income taxes.
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