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It's interesting to me how casually you progressives throw out American manufacturing. It was the bedrock of this country for a long time. High school graduates could get decent paying jobs with benefits and support stable families. Some of that is lost to technology, but some is also lost to unfair trade practices, like China dumping steel, and some to bad trade deals like NAFTA. Why wouldn't companies manufacture products in Mexico for $3 per hour labor costs plus not deal with the US's tort system and employment regulations and then sell in the US?
Steel isn't going away. There is simply no reason it shouldn't be made in the US, unless you prefer Chinese workers over US workers.
While you quoted my remarks, I do not think you understood them.
So, yes, the Unions came out strongly for Donald Dennison Trump, but will they again in 2020? Yes, those 800 steel workers may do so, but how many are left out of the Trump dance?
This is only ONE example of the tens of thousands of jobs which will be lost ALL BECAUSE Trump wanted to get the porn star payoff off the front page:
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The nation’s largest trade group for the construction industry says nearly 30,000 jobs could be lost in the building trades from the steel and aluminum tariffs President Donald Trump is imposing.
Associated General Contractors of America says rising steel and aluminum prices will make some construction projects unaffordable and, as a result, thousands of jobs tied to those projects will be jeopardized.
"These new tariffs will cause significant harm to the nation's construction industry, put tens of thousands of high-paying construction jobs at risk, undermine the president's proposed infrastructure initiative, and potentially dampen demand for new construction projects for years to come,” Stephen Sandherr, AGC’s chief executive officer, said in a statement.
It's interesting to me how casually you progressives throw out American manufacturing. It was the bedrock of this country for a long time. High school graduates could get decent paying jobs with benefits and support stable families. Some of that is lost to technology, but some is also lost to unfair trade practices, like China dumping steel, and some to bad trade deals like NAFTA. Why wouldn't companies manufacture products in Mexico for $3 per hour labor costs plus not deal with the US's tort system and employment regulations and then sell in the US?
Steel isn't going away. There is simply no reason it shouldn't be made in the US, unless you prefer Chinese workers over US workers.
Steel industry is relatively small potatoes....employs only about 140,000 in the USA, a nation of 325 million.
Exactly. And, today's jobs will be a fraction of what had previously existed because of automation and technology. See above video.
This is yet another adolescent knee-jerk ill-considered HARMFUL policy with unintended negative consequences to millions in order to win applause at his next rally - and get the porn star scandal off the front pages.
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Union Presidents in Europe got a wake up call in the 80’s when memberships were not paid out of pay checks but voluntary contributions.
That cost them a lot of members. The government also implemented that strikes during business hours no longer would be an automatic pay day if the person wasn’t working.
That ended the weekly strikes as it is nice to go on strike while getting paid but not so much if you don’t get your pay check.
As long as Soros and unions pay union members on strike, the unions will have some power but without that part, unions loose their power.
Unions won't back Trump. And steel is not coming back.
Some people are so defeatist when something requires labor but if others are doing the dirty work of taking others earnings and redistributing those earnings to the less fortunate it’s all
Trump won't be the nominee.
Trump won't win the Presidency.
trump doesn't really want to be president.
Trump will resign right after the Inauguration.
Trump won't get anything done.
Trump will destroy the economy.
Sorry, but steel is not coming back to the US. How are any companies coming back when they can produce their products overseas for much cheaper
Well that's exactly what Trump is doing right now, which is why he is taking fire from all sides.
Trump is putting workers first.
No he's actually not. If he was, that big beautiful tax plan would have had tax cuts for corporations tied to increased wages for US workers, harsh penalties for offshoring and incentives for hiring US workers. It was nothing but a big wet kiss to corporations and most of the savings will end up being used for stock buybacks.
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Tariffs will COST 30,000 Construction Jobs
