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People buy too much stuff and get into debt. Maybe time to go on a spending diet and shop in your own closet or garage. I just found a dress I hadn't worn in four years packed away in the back of my closet. It was a pleasant surprise!
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Buy it used on eBay and craigslist. I've gotten amazing bargains.
This is precisely the type of lowbrow thinking that has the economically illiterate buying into Trumpenomic tariffs. Astounding stuff.
Taxing American consumers for everyday products like clothing and shoes is not the way to deal with China. Raising the prices through taxation of parts and raw materials for American manufacturers who then export finished products will put them at a competitive disadvantage leading to loss of sales and jobs.
Taxing American consumers for everyday products like clothing and shoes is not the way to deal with China. Raising the prices through taxation of parts and raw materials for American manufacturers who then export finished products will put them at a competitive disadvantage leading to loss of sales and jobs.
The same braindead liberal policies like tariffs are being used by Trump now and the right is loving it. It's amazing how far the GOP has fallen... The worst of both worlds
The same braindead liberal policies like tariffs are being used by Trump now and the right is loving it. It's amazing how far the GOP has fallen... The worst of both worlds
I worked at a motorcycle dealership in the 80's when Reagan slapped his tax on imported motorcycles 750cc and up to protect Harley from well deserved competition.
I worked at a motorcycle dealership in the 80's when Reagan slapped his tax on imported motorcycles 750cc and up to protect Harley from well deserved competition.
I sold imported cars. I remember that on trucks we would install the A/C at the dealership to get around tariffs.
The same braindead liberal policies like tariffs are being used by Trump now and the right is loving it. It's amazing how far the GOP has fallen... The worst of both worlds
I've been saying the same thing from day one. Trumpism is a weird combination of the worst aspects of both the left and the right.
The Japanese auto industry was a different story because their cars were superior to the US yet their was an effort for tariffs. That amounted to just protectionism for a poor US product and promoted inefficiency. Same thing happened before the recession, the car companies were failing for a good reason.
So if you want to just buy American with no competition then get ready to pay more for less.
Please. No matter what you pay for a Chinese product it is less.
Ok 1 more try.
You can buy a Sears riding lawn mower for 999.00 or you can by a Simplicity ( same size deck and engine) for $3000. That Simplicity will be running 10+ years with few issues. That craftsman you throw away after 5 if you are lucky and by then you've gone crazy fixing crap. That is how it is with Chinese goods. They are throw away items. Cheaper up front but long term, more expensive.
But hey you buy what you like. For the record no one makes a better full sized truck than the big 3. China doesn't make a car that anyone wants to buy even in SE Asia where money is really tight. Ford Ranger is the king of Trucks here followed closely by Toyota.
MG which is Chinese owned now are around, but in low numbers. This is surprising given how cheap they are compared to comparable cars of other makes. Even Suzuki is more popular.
Buy what you like. Me I always buy quality. I bought my Kubota tractor in 2007 and my son just now changed the battery for the first time. The Chinese made tractors? Keep them.
But there are China made parts in most of the American made items. It's not really the finished item that is the big deal.
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Then don’t. But apparently most Americans don’t agree with you. China’s trade surplus hit an all time high after trump trade war began. China continues to win over trump and his brain dead team of Keebler elves stupid peons running the country.
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