Posted on 07/28/2025 4:15:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Iโve got a better idea: if they tax our planes at 15%, we should tax theirs at ten times that rate.
[For fifty years we gave that away.]
Didn’t give it away. It was paid for with fat envelopes to select politicians and bureaucrats. Trump doesn’t need those envelopes.
Well,it’s easy to figure out what would happen then.
๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐, ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ.
-—John Hinderaker Powerline blog
Nobody in the EU ruling elite seems to think it good that their subjects could buy products at lower prices.
Stupid people are easily confused. I still read opinions that say because of Smoot-Hawley we had runaway inflation, because tariffs cause inflation.
โThere is virtually no logging equipment manufactured inside the USAโ.
Thatโs the whole point isnโt it. Start making our own stuff, tariff free. And look, capex already is soaring at historic rates ever since Jaunuary.
Roflol.
John deeres forwarders and harvestors are made in FINLAND AND CANADA.
CAT, sold its forestry product line several years ago!
Bark poo is a secondary line of equipment where they purchase most of the compnents from out of country and assemble them here.
You have NOT A FU%KIN CLUE
Aint gonna happen.
Because of union sabotage of John Deeres equipment in the manufacturing plants...for example.
Tally- Ho !
the whole “greatest deal ever made” is complete bullshit unless EU tariffs on goods imported from the USA are reduced, which is the only part of a trade deal that really matters ...
I don't give a **** if it's good for Europe.
“The result of this?
Americans will pay a 15% tax on certain EU products instead of 5% previously.”
In practice, producers have to eat some of the cost of the tariffs, by discounting prices, to remain competitive.
During the first Trump Administration, foreign producers discounted the majority of the cost of the tariffs - almost 3/4ths of the total cost of the tariffs were absorbed by foreign producers.
“The result of this?
Americans will pay a 15% tax on certain EU products instead of 5% previously.”
In practice, producers have to eat some of the cost of the tariffs, by discounting prices, to remain competitive.
During the first Trump Administration, foreign producers discounted the majority of the cost of the tariffs - almost 3/4ths of the total cost of the tariffs were absorbed by foreign producers.
The European "regulatory environment" is often bent for the benefit of European industry while new rules are invented to stymie foreign competitors or importers. US autos are almost not sold because US automakers were forced to setup European subsidiaries in order to sell in the European market decades ago, and European gas prices are generally double that in the US due to high taxes. Gas is 95 octane though, so small high-compression engines can work.
I'm in Poland now and there are a surprising number of US pickup trucks: my guess is most of them are owned by farmers who get reduced tax gasoline. They are considerably more robust than the small Euro vans used by businesses.
Import rules are also bent for European companies that import: almost every tool, lawn mower, etc., I've looked at is made in China by a German company.
Oh sure. There’s a few fly by night businesses that have tried to start the production of third rate equipment. They never last.
You forgot one. Pat Crawfords Timberpro. Pat passed away several years ago and his son Mike couldnt pay off all the family investments Pat passed down so he had to sell. KOMATSU purchased it and is now expanding in Shawano Wi. Problems are, its not very good machinery anymore. Komatsu bought it to get their foot in the door but has a bad reputation.
Komatsu also got into it originally by purchasing Valmet, which was originally Gafner. Then there was Fabtek, which ended up as Cat.
I knew Pat Crawford, Tommy Gafner, as well as the people at Fabtek..which was originally the brain child of Dennis Doobie of DC equipment.
So before you continue on with your internet impressions, you better understand who the hell your arguing with.
BTW, i also knew JB Hood. Hood equipment founder.
I also knew the original developer of Gafner Iron Mule. A good ol boy from Rock Michigan who fashioned the very first wheeled forwarder made in the USA. Like i educated you on, Gafner was bought by Valmet who was taken over by Komatsu. Gafners facilities were in Gladstone Mi. Fabtek was in Menominee Mi. Timberpro in Shawano Wi, Hood in Iron River Wi. Prentice in Prentice Wi.
“Thereโs a few fly by night businesses that have tried to start the production of third rate equipment.”
The only reason I posted the Weiler link is that they are the ones who bought the Cat line. I didn’t know they were fly by night or were trying to start production of third rate equipment.
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