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Pretend all products come back to the US. Labor costs

Posted on: April 2, 2025 at 23:32:44 CT
TigerMatt STL
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go through the roof for producers, they charge more. Do you think the average American is going to get a magical pay increase when business expenses have massively increased?

Do you think other countries will flock to buying more expensive goods from America instead of cheaper goods made in Asia?

Edited by TigerMatt at 23:33:29 on 04/02/25
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EU tarrifs aren't 39% but 3% - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:07:54
     Not just the direct monetary tariffs - alzoo MU - 4/3 00:08:37
     You don't have to buy any product if you can't afford it. - Logan STL - 4/2 22:44:51
          And as American consumer spending dries up so does - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:02:28
          Thanks, Senator Reed Smoot * - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:46:56
               More people on welfare will be great for government - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:02:58
                    But the new "merit" initiative solves that. - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 23:04:17
     you have to add the VAT tax rate they charge - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/2 22:32:31
          The VAT is charged dometically too - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:34:36
               yes it is but it still acts as an increase to the cost of - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/2 22:54:01
                    So all these countries should demand the US end sales taxes - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:04:12
                         that is there choice(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/2 23:33:51
                    It increases the price for everyone - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 23:02:42
                         a tariff "increases the price for everyone" - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/2 23:32:36
                              LMAO.. so you think retailers will swallow cost increases? (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:43:22
                                   no, it increases the cost for everyone - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/3 02:44:21
     Krugman - Spanky KU - 4/2 22:31:16
     Actual tariff on China will be 79%? (link) - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:20:45
     Krugman, LMFAO. Why do they have any tariffs at all and why - MUTGR MU - 4/2 22:20:09
          Answer: A massive American appetite for cheap goods. - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:23:25
          A 3% tariff warrants a 20% tariff? - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:21:30
               I don't accept at face value the premise of your link - MUTGR MU - 4/2 22:27:44
                    So you're going to get back at them by paying more - Seagull MU - 4/2 22:34:27
                         Well, follow the logic. With our trade imbalances, who - MUTGR MU - 4/2 22:48:36
                              So fix the trade imbalance by making Americans pay more so - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 22:59:55
                                   I'd say brilliant is this faux "fair trade" pretending we've - MUTGR MU - 4/2 23:08:06
                                        Congrats on buying your $60k Ford Fiesta* - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 23:25:19
                                             Which will price people out of the market causing more job - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:35:32
                                        That’s capitalism. Are you against capitalism?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:13:33
                                             If capitalism is about pretending there is "free trade," - MUTGR MU - 4/2 23:16:22
                                                  Capitalism is about squeezing out as much surplus profit - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:28:46
                                                       Right, like all the keystone pipeline workers were fired - MUTGR MU - 4/2 23:38:07
                                                            This isn’t about some tiny area of the economy. We are - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:41:06
                                   Send the world economy into the ****ter to own the libs!(nm) - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 23:07:15
                                        The goal, I believe, is to bring as much production back - MUTGR MU - 4/2 23:12:42
                                             Pretend all products come back to the US. Labor costs - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:32:44
                                             You don't think our economy has benefited from - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 23:18:02
                                                  RE: You don't think our economy has benefited from - THEGROVE68 MU - 4/2 23:34:49
                                                       False choice fallacy (nm) - Seagull MU - 4/3 06:29:23
                                                       Good post. nm. - MUTGR MU - 4/2 23:42:19
                                                       No one wants to buy expensive goods from the US when - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:39:59
                                                            RE: No one wants to buy expensive goods from the US when - THEGROVE68 MU - 4/2 23:59:37
                                                                 Sorry, but neocon ideology is a proven failure - Seagull MU - 4/3 06:32:02
                                        Posts like these will be as fun to save as the - AWOLTiger KC - 4/2 23:10:59
                    But you'll accept Trump at face value? - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:33:42
                         RE: But you'll accept Trump at face value? - MUTGR MU - 4/2 22:46:10
                              How about the liberal WSJ Editorial Board? - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 22:47:46
                                   I at one time subscribed to these quasi libertarian policies - MUTGR MU - 4/2 22:51:48
                                        Is it dark down there - LamarFrazier MU - 4/2 23:04:58
                                             LOL, refusing to pretend is literally the opposite of - MUTGR MU - 4/2 23:10:04
                                                  But that is exactly what you are doing with visions of what - TigerMatt STL - 4/2 23:42:17




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