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Trump - 35% Tariff

Is Trump's 35% tariff idea a good idea?

  • Yes

    Votes: 10 16.9%

  • No

    Votes: 39 66.1%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 9 15.3%

  • What's a Trump?

    Votes: 1 1.7%
  • Total voters
    59
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Trump - 35% Tariff

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A good idea or not?
 
No, it's not a good idea. I don't think he could pass it though.
 
DA60 said:
Trump - 35% Tariff

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A good idea or not?
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its only a good idea if thats how much more an american product costs leveling the playing field seems good punishing other country's seems like a bad idea
 
He looks like a ****in moron in that hat. And this is the future POTUS?

He looks like a moron, and a 35% tariff? Yep, he sounds like one too. A tariff will spin the economy into a 2008 crash.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
He looks like a ****in moron in that hat. And this is the future POTUS?

He looks like a moron, and a 35% tariff? Yep, he sounds like one too. A tariff will spin the economy into a 2008 crash.
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You you going to volunteer to pay unemployment benefits of the laid off US workers whose jobs went to Mexico?

If not, who will?
 
DA60 said:
Trump - 35% Tariff

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A good idea or not?
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Hey now, that was when he was running for office, don't you know that was all talk, he reserves the right to change the game plan and numbers whenever it feels right for him. It is a New America, get with the program.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
He looks like a ****in moron in that hat. And this is the future POTUS?

He looks like a moron, and a 35% tariff? Yep, he sounds like one too. A tariff will spin the economy into a 2008 crash.
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There, There, calm down already, yeah I know, but get a grip the world is not coming to an end, that happens after he is sworn in you still have time, enjoy it. Now where are my bunker keys ...................
 
legalimmigrant said:
You you going to volunteer to pay unemployment benefits of the laid off US workers whose jobs went to Mexico?

If not, who will?
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Are you going to give all retirees a COLA raise to pay 35% more for widgets? If we mandate that a foreign made widget will cost 35% more then what will happen to the "fair market" price of a domestic widget?
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
He looks like a ****in moron in that hat. And this is the future POTUS?

He looks like a moron, and a 35% tariff? Yep, he sounds like one too. A tariff will spin the economy into a 2008 crash.
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Yes yes, when did you get your advanced degree in economics that allows you to know anything like that?
 
Beaudreaux said:
True. The world is even more tied together economically than it was in 1929, so it will in all likelihood be worse this time around. We saw just how interlocked the world economy is in 2008 and 2009.
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I don't think anyone on this site knows what that tariff will do.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Are you going to give all retirees a COLA raise to pay 35% more for widgets? If we mandate that a foreign made widget will cost 35% more then what will happen to the "fair market" price of a domestic widget?
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What will happen to the company when folks can't afford to buy the widgets?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
They will be replaced with the public "option" or subsidized, of course. ;)
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No, they will keep their prices low enough to remain affordable.



If that means the dude at the top only gets 4 million per year instead of 15 million, that's the choice he'll make.


Executive compensation has gone up over 1,000% since NAFTA.
 
legalimmigrant said:
You you going to volunteer to pay unemployment benefits of the laid off US workers whose jobs went to Mexico?

If not, who will?
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Are you going to volunteer to pay the benefits for the millions of new unemployed workers this tariff would create?
 
KevinKohler said:
No, they will keep their prices low enough to remain affordable.



If that means the dude at the top only gets 4 million per year instead of 15 million, that's the choice he'll make.


Executive compensation has gone up over 1,000% since NAFTA.
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We are not seeing that happen with medical care, K-12 public education costs or college tuition. Once the government gets into the act then market pressure is not as big of a factor.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Are you going to give all retirees a COLA raise to pay 35% more for widgets? If we mandate that a foreign made widget will cost 35% more then what will happen to the "fair market" price of a domestic widget?
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Let's agree on one simple rule. If you want to have a conversation, you will answer my question and I will gladly answer yours.

Deal?
 
Deuce said:
Are you going to volunteer to pay the benefits for the millions of new unemployed workers this tariff would create?
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Is this a new normal to answer a question with a question?

Everybody is doing it here, it seems.
 
Trade wars are wars that governments wage against their own people.


35% tariffs are a disastrously stupid idea that will do the most harm to those it's intended to help, and screw the rest of us over as well.
 
KevinKohler said:
No, they will keep their prices low enough to remain affordable.
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Yeah? Let's say that you make widgets, but it costs you $15 to make a widget, but demand will only stay at it's current levels if you sell them at $9.

How many widgets do you make?

The reason they are overseas in the first place is to reduce production costs. That reality doesn't change if we slap a tariff on them. There is no magical button anyone can press (or that we would want to press) that makes the cost of production here in the U.S. match the cost of production in Mexico or Indonesia.



You work in retail - when people have significantly less spending money due to rising prices, what happens to retail sales? When retail sales drop 30% and then sustain at that lower rate, what happens to the staff in retail?
 
Heck, if refusing comparative advantage and becoming "self sufficient" and "producing more stuff here" is good, why stop at 35%?

Let's slap it at 100%, and stop all those dirty foreigners from selling us stuff that we want to buy at prices we can afford. Then we can be as rich as North Korea!!!
 
legalimmigrant said:
Let's agree on one simple rule. If you want to have a conversation, you will answer my question and I will gladly answer yours.

Deal?
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Deal.

Yes, we have been doing so for quite while. The good news is that UI benefits last 26 weeks (max) and do not raise prices long term.

Your turn to honor our deal. ;)
 
ttwtt78640 said:
We are not seeing that happen with medical care, K-12 public education costs or college tuition. Once the government gets into the act then market pressure is not as big of a factor.
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Yeah, isn't it super weird that the two markets the government is the major purchaser for just happen to be the two where prices are spiraling out of control and quality is being co-opted by perverse internal actor incentive structures?


It's almost like there's a connecting factor... but I just can't possibly think of what it might be.... :thinking:
 
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