Potential Tariffs to come?

[Sausage450r]

Two the two responses above. To be fair Trump did spend ALOT of money. We need to address the deficit and though he said he wont touch social security i would love to see an end to the ukrainian conflict and israeli/iranian tensions and shift that funding to shore up social security; drill and work on shrinking the deficit. The problem with tax money is its fungible. You pay a tax for road maint and schools, and they spend it elsewhere and the come at you 4 years later for another tax for roads and schools.

Its also why i like the idea of musk doing monetary accountability studies within govt agencies. We’ve needed this for centuries

 

[RiverDave]

Wont effect me much all my materials and consumables are american made.

On pluto tv you can watch a channel that
Is all price is right from the 70s and 80s. They are giving away those tv’s refrigerators, furniture, microwaves etc that all last FOREVER. They all have one thing in common. Even then they are 3x’s as much as they cost now. But they are of the highest quality and all made in america from american parts by american hands. If we had more of this skilled labor that paid decent we wouldnt have 30 year old burger flippers with a 20-25$ minimum wage

You are saying fridges and microwaves were more expensive in the 80’s?

 

[JDMeister]

The "Threat" of tariffs is the stick, and jobs returning to the US is the "Carrot".
Hundreds of tariffs exist already and not much will change.
The deportation plan seems to be criminals first. Sounds OK to Me.

 

[Mac]

If you are on here already bashing and bitching about tariffs, does that mean you voted for harris? So you would have been better off under her plan?

A few things...
- America needs a culture shift. We are an out of control consumer society. People buy so much shit, so much shit they don't need. Make it higher priced, people will slow down. Focus on being a better human and stop replacing your shitty life with stuff thinking it will get better.
- Tariffs are necessary. China, India, etc...will always out produce America and for cheaper goods. Cheaper labor, cheaper materials, no regulations, etc...America cannot compete. If there are same industries in America still trying to make their products and compete, tariffs make this possible. That doesn't mean everything made in America is necessary or superior, but it does help keep American businesses going. Tariffs can also be used to pay down the debt, increase government funding, resulting in lower taxes.
- Tax breaks for the rich and businesses. This is economics 101. The rich are NEVER going to just say...You know what, I should give more people money and fuck myself over. Yeah....I'll do that. No. They will make smart decisions to get richer and build their businesses. When that happens, they buy more product, buy more labor, that's a bigger increase over all than what they gain really in tax breaks. Another BIG piece of this. If you are blaming businesses for getting rich, I hope you don't have a 401K or invest for your retirement. Public traded companies are bound by law to act in the best interest of their holders. SO...they are doing their jobs to get tax breaks, make more money...they boost your 401K and investments. Is this lost on everyone?
- Lastly, America NEEDS to grow businesses, increase jobs and if needed, increase taxes. Taxes can come by way of income bracket increases, tariffs, and whatever else. We will never pay down the debt until this happens. We always want to blame politicians for running up the debt...which they do...but we vote for them. If this REALLY bother you, get involved. Vote, make calls, write letters, leave opinions on their websites. If you don't, then act like a liberal and just bitch about it. Maybe dye your hair green or purple. I routinely write my elected officials, sometimes to just reinforce the good things they are doing. Congress Paul Gosar (AZ-R) writes or calls me back EVERY TIME! Make your officials do their job. I still write democrats too, to voice my dissent. Mark Kelly (AZ-D) is one big piece of shit. I'll be working on him some more now. All that shithead can say is he was a pilot in the Navy and an astronaut. We're going to get past that. Ruben Gallego (AZ-D) doesn't know me yet, but he's fixing to.

So educate yourself on the things that bother you and start getting involved. Not everything the media and politicians try and tell us or scare us a about are bad things.

 

[MWB]

FYI, I already get my veggies and Fruit from the US, delivered once a week to my house from the central coast, last longer, taste better, and no chemicals.

From Thanksgiving till Easter most would be coming from Imperial County or from Yuma, All the Migrant workers actually migrate twice a year to follow the work or at least they did when we were building some of the produce transfer buildings in Yuma a while back.

 

[Sausage450r]

You are saying fridges and microwaves were more expensive in the 80’s?

You are saying fridges and microwaves were more expensive in the 80’s?

Yes. Dont take my or googles word for it. Watch some reruns of the price is right. We did alot of damage to this country by propping up chinese and japanese production at the cost of the american worker

 

[Meter Tech]

Everyone needs to keep in mind what a huge part the US is to EVERYONE'S economy, my point is other countries need to be able to sell into the US markets, Trump is imposing tariffs on those countries to either drive down cost and or stimulate production here in the US of those same goods.... competition drives cost down and or increases quality as a selling point. With that said; we could see shortages due to supply & demand but eventually as either US production ramps up or other countries shrink their margins things should balance out in our favor....fingers crossed!

 

[Cookie]

We need to get back to "America First", pretty simple. We can no longer prop up the rest of the world. We need to take care of our Shiat at home. If that is Tariffs (tax), so be it. Trump will be a bit more hands off this term and trust his advisors much more as well, I hope.