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No, actually you don't.I understand your problem
LOL..Again, it's incredible how self-delusional you are.By “mistake” you mean someone working for trump who was raised during the time when china was just a business partner having the lowest bid on a product and placing an order with them
True or false...if he wasn't pandering for your vote, he'd still have his clothing made in China.Thats exactly the wrong thinking that trump’s china policy is meant to change
I think it's exposed the absolute gullibility of the average American that this con man can pretend to be contrite and idiots like you buy it.I think he has opened a lot of people’s eyes and thats confusing for you
Probably soTrue or false...if he wasn't pandering for your vote, he'd still have his clothing made in China.
Probably so
If trump was still a mere businessman why not buy from china?
But as political leader of a nation trump has higher priorities
Yes I canSo given that bit of idiotic thinking...can you think of a single reason for corporate America to change it's ways?
As it was when your blob was doing it. Something you completely have excused.Yes I can
The policy of free trade with communist china is bad for America
I think it's a great reason to change.Dont you think thats a good reason to change?
I didnt excuse anythingAs it was when your blob was doing it. Something you completely have excused.
You do know that your blob is a poster child for a globalist, right?candycorn
That may be too much for lib globalists to understand
Particularly if you are a corporate leader of an American company who is not a native born American
Or a trump hater
Sure you did. You've forgiven him for sending jobs overseas. Why?I didnt excuse anything
Yet he didn't do it during his term.Trump wants to change trade policy that everyone including trump has to live by
Put his business at a disadvantage? Yeah okay. The guy has supposedly made billions in real estate. His clothing line was the size of a rounding error on a spreadsheet. It would have never jeopardized his alleged riches one bit to have had his stuff made here. Levi's Strauss, Brooks Brothers, Acme boots, Wrangler, yes... their bread and butter is clothing. Your blob's companies? Nope.You on the other hand expect him to unilaterally put his business at a disadvantage
Every businessman in American became a globalist in the 1990’s after congress passed free trade with china and NAFTAYou do know that your blob is a poster child for a globalist, right?
Every businessman in American became a globalist in the 1990’s after congress passed free trade with china and NAFTA
Trump was the first to see the error of those policies
Its not your money so its easy for you to tell trump how to run his businessSure you did. You've forgiven him for sending jobs overseas. Why?
Yet he didn't do it during his term.
Put his business at a disadvantage? Yeah okay. The guy has supposedly made billions in real estate. His clothing line was the size of a rounding error on a spreadsheet. It would have never jeopardized his alleged riches one bit to have had his stuff made here. Levi's Strauss, Brooks Brothers, Acme boots, Wrangler, yes... their bread and butter is clothing. Your blob's companies? Nope.
I mean..at least make a half assed attempt to be honest.
Not sure I see the logic with that one.Importers pay the tariffs. Its doubtful that the resulting loss of sales tax revenue is offset by the tariffs. For example, if you import 500 widgets, the importer pays for whatever the gross tonnage on 500 widgets is usually. It often isn't broken down by wholesale price because of type and kind variances and also the actual price and book price are two different things. Weight is a constant.
This is where the logic breaks down. If Walmart sells 500,000 widgets in one state, they charge the same sales tax, regardless of whether the widgets were made in Taiwan or Ohio.Anyway, Wal*Mart pays a tariff on the widget. And then they sell the widgets with a sales tax on each unit.
Walmart will still buy as many as they can sell. If the price doubled, which is a stretch, people may not buy it. But they won't say to themselves "I guess I don't need that widget after all. My tight pickle lids will just have to stay closed!" They will look for another widget, which may well be a non-tariff widget made in Little Rock, Arkansas.The thing is that if you jack up the tariff, Wal*Mart is going to buy less of them. Thusly, they are not going to sell as many so the sales tax revenue that goes to the States and not Uncle Sam is lessened. On top of Wal*Mart not importing as much gross tonnage or--doing what most retailers would do--import their widget from a country that hasn't been targeted yet because of political reasons.
Then you'll complain about inflation. And about your portfolio losing money because Waal Street will punish those companies not making as much profit as their "analysts" say they should.Wrong. He is a businessman doing business according to US trade agreements and laws.
Plenty of great American business owners would love to manufacture in the US, but can’t because they have to compete with cheap overseas labor costs, so they also end up having their stuff made in places like China.
The only way to fix it is tariffs. So pointing out how Trump businesses worked within this broken system only confirms what he is saying. I personally know small business owners that would like to make their own stuff but cannot because competition from cheap Chinese labor makes it not economically feasible.
Have you ever heard of "Bud's"? That is where Wal*Mart used to send it's stuff they couldn't sell. Now I think they send most of it to Ollie's.Not sure I see the logic with that one.
This is where the logic breaks down. If Walmart sells 500,000 widgets in one state, they charge the same sales tax, regardless of whether the widgets were made in Taiwan or Ohio.Walmart will still buy as many as they can sell. If the price doubled, which is a stretch, people may not buy it.
What is going to happen 99 times out of 100 (if not 100 out of 100) is that they will buy the widget from a country who's not been targeted. Vietnam benefitted greatly from Trump's trade war with China.But they won't say to themselves "I guess I don't need that widget after all. My tight pickle lids will just have to stay closed!" They will look for another widget, which may well be a non-tariff widget made in Little Rock, Arkansas.
What a tariff might motivate Walmart buyers to do is look for manufacturers in the U.S. who can sell their goods without the burden of the tariff. That will encourage new namufacturers to operate in the U.S. which is the goal, I would say, moreso than encouraging those who abandoned the American worker to come back.
These "objections" are pretty much econ 101.Still, you have come up with some reasonable objections to the idea, which is all I asked in the OP, so you win the thread, I say with no sarcasm.
Tax companies who layoff Americans to move their jobs to other countries whose workers are less expensive due to their standard of living being so much lower. Tax them on goods they turn around to sell back to Americans, that is.
It seems that both political sides would support that. But, maybe I'm missing something. If you have a legitimate objection to the idea, I'd love to read it and discuss it.
Thanks!
And now he's in no position to do anything.He had four years to do this and did nothing. Trump likes to talk and that's all he can do.
