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The USA imports 60% of winter fruits and vegetables from Mexico. Here is a list of items that will go up in price dramatically.
Cereals Breads Gasoline Beer Cooking Oils Rice Carrots Beans Tomato's Green Beans Pasta Kale
Alfalfa Sprouts Oatmeal Quinoa Cabbage Bananas Limes/Lemons Tequila and all Flowers from Florists.
There are hundreds of more items that will cost a lot more.
20% tariff will hurt all Americans. There is no way to bring these specific jobs back to the USA. Our weather from October to March every year is to cold to get the job done.
Aw, geez. Avocados are already pricey. If they get pricier, I probably won't buy them. Oatmeal comes from Mexico? That's a main winter breakfast for me and my dogs.
Bananas? Ruh-roh. Americans eat lots and lots of bananas.
Booze? The shot of tequila with a lime or lemon or salt followup is a big frat party thing, as well as happy hour.
Pasta? Tomatoes? Beans? I had no idea these came from Mexico.
The price increases for these things will hit us hard. And the businesses that service businesses that profit from these things will be affected, too. The snowball effect.
Learn how to can, it's not that hard. You can also vacuum pack and freeze.
I am not going to grow and can (or freeze) my home grown food. And I am not going to raise my own chickens and pigs and slaughter them for food, or hunt.
I don't want to revert back to the 1900s.
Is this what the GOP meant when they said they wanted to "take our country back". Like a time capsule - back in time? What's next, we make our own clothing?
I gotta say that I'm not much worried about this wall getting built. If Trump manages to get some sort of tariff against Mexico passed, it's clear that most people will boycott Mexican products rather than pay the increased price. No money=no wall. Cool by me.
Not how economics works . You are assuming Mexico is getting commodity prices. It depends on who is getting the surplus. if the US consumer is getting most of the benefit, then they will pay. If Mexico is getting most of it, Mexico is going to eat it.
Why not take your arguments to Mexico since they are the ones who already pay more for American goods? Perhaps we should have a service tax and drive lawyers and accountants to Mexico? Why not? Mexican stuff will be cheaper. Of course our lawyers and accounts will not have any money at all.
whatever , dude. This is what happens when you buy cheap stuff at the expense of the rust belt. They had a little surprise for ya. They think its your turn to pay more.
I'm sorry, but although you corrected the sentence, I still don't understand what you're saying.
My point is this thread is that everyone, even those who want to see a wall built and have Mexico pay for it, acknowledged that any tariff will be passed on to the American consumer. As a reaction, they're all saying they'll stop buying Mexican goods. If they stop buying Mexican goods, the tariff won't get paid so presumably the wall won't get built. Or it will be built with U.S. tax dollars which Trump said would not happen.
thank God most of them come from Florida and So. California. Many of the things on OPs list are things we could live without, others are grown in the USA as well.
Not how economics works . You are assuming Mexico is getting commodity prices. It depends on who is getting the surplus. if the US consumer is getting most of the benefit, then they will pay. If Mexico is getting most of it, Mexico is going to eat it.
Aren't you the poster who called Paul Krugman a moron?
If so, I think I'll pay attention him, a professor or economics, rather that you, a stranger on the internet.
I am not going to grow and can (or freeze) my home grown food. And I am not going to raise my own chickens and pigs and slaughter them for food, or hunt.
I don't want to revert back to the 1900s.
Is this what the GOP meant when they said they wanted to "take our country back". Like a time capsule - back in time? What's next, we make our own clothing?
Yeah freezing is such a drag and totally 1900s. I put some berries in a freezer bag and closed the door. My back it just killing me.
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