Tariffs

[thedukeofearl]

I explained that for you. You also misconstrued what I said. I said in the case of CHina, that's what happens. And it does. All of that gets passed back onto us with China taking none of the increased cost of tariffs.

Other countries level tariffs on us, but they are insignificant enough as to be non-existent. The BMW example you requoted from me is a perfect one. People who are in the market for brand new BMWs are not likely going to be the type of people who would be hurt by, or decide not to purchase if the price increased by $1,000. Totally inconsequential to our economy as a whole.

Same thing with avocados.

You have a repeating pattern (which I've mentioned numerous times) of losing an argument and then deflecting into poorly done arguments trying to discredit posters who give evidence-based statements that make more sense than your own. It's essentially the adult form of, "I know you are but what am I?"

China can just lower wages to cover the tariff cost

Workers have no say in the matter

Rather similar to slave labor

Ten % is pennies to them

 

[thedukeofearl]

What he is pointing out is there is a reason cars and trucks built in this country costs so much. Add into the fact that along with working in the most comfortable working conditions, there is also the union to battle who have major demands on working conditions and high pay, etc.. This all raises the costs of American cars/trucks drastically.

Yeah and the cost-of-living continues to rise and will probably never go down

At Hy-Vee there are no Eggland Eggs on the shelf and other free-range eggs are about
$6 a dozen, not gonna bitch are paying a dollar or two for eggs

They are a solid source of protein and are quite versatile

However, Everything else at Hy-Vee on every shelf is constantly going up and up

Again, with no end in site

I am not certain that wages will consequently go up

Elon despises the non-billionaires

And whatever elon wants elon gets

 

[PCHawk]

I explained that for you. You also misconstrued what I said. I said in the case of CHina, that's what happens. And it does. All of that gets passed back onto us with China taking none of the increased cost of tariffs.

Other countries level tariffs on us, but they are insignificant enough as to be non-existent. The BMW example you requoted from me is a perfect one. People who are in the market for brand new BMWs are not likely going to be the type of people who would be hurt by, or decide not to purchase if the price increased by $1,000. Totally inconsequential to our economy as a whole.

Same thing with avocados.

You have a repeating pattern (which I've mentioned numerous times) of losing an argument and then deflecting into poorly done arguments trying to discredit posters who give evidence-based statements that make more sense than your own. It's essentially the adult form of, "I know you are but what am I?"

Lose an argument? Maybe from CP87, but not from you.

 

[PCHawk]

I explained that for you. You also misconstrued what I said. I said in the case of CHina, that's what happens. And it does. All of that gets passed back onto us with China taking none of the increased cost of tariffs.

Other countries level tariffs on us, but they are insignificant enough as to be non-existent. The BMW example you requoted from me is a perfect one. People who are in the market for brand new BMWs are not likely going to be the type of people who would be hurt by, or decide not to purchase if the price increased by $1,000. Totally inconsequential to our economy as a whole.

Same thing with avocados.

You have a repeating pattern (which I've mentioned numerous times) of losing an argument and then deflecting into poorly done arguments trying to discredit posters who give evidence-based statements that make more sense than your own. It's essentially the adult form of, "I know you are but what am I?"

I will say this Fry. It's hard to give or interpret exact meanings on a message board. When you read the name on the post you already have an idea of their style so itit'to have a preconceived notion of what the post meaning will be. Thats a huge isssue that im sure we all deal with to some extent. Also when a post is long and packed with a lot of stuff, its easy to just respond to something you either disagree with or agree a lot with. The other stuff kinda gets ignored. I try to do a good job of saying things like "i agree with all of this but this" and things like that (this is something i dont see a lot of from other posters, and sure as hell you would never say it) but I could probably do a better job of that. Just know that the "fact filled" posts you mentioned in the post I quoted, I don't ignore it. I do make an effort to take it all in.

Also one other issue with message boards that I see frequently is sometimes someone complety agrees with something and is just trying to add more to it and it comes off like you're arguing the point. I've even had that specific issue with you recently where you say something I agree with, I say something thinking I'm adding to it, then you go off on a tangent thinking I'm disagreeing with you. It's definitely an issue.