From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: Once An Idiot, ALWAYS An Idiot
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:26:36 -0500
Organization: None
Alan wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> On 2024-11-10 09:02, AlleyCat wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:38:05 -0800, Alan says...
>>
>>>> Tell us all how tariffs on MEXICAN built Chinese cars will cost
>>>> the U.S. any money.
>>
>>> You think the importer will just pay the tariff...
>>
>> Jes.
>>
>>> ... and not pass it on?
>>
>> Oh no... they'll pass it on, stupid... and THAT'S one of the reasons
>> FOR the tariff... to make it more expensive, letting US
>> manufacturers compete with comparable pricing. WHO wants a Chinese
>> car at the same price as an American car?
>
> So it will cost the consumer more money.
Yes, either from the tariff or from the higher expense of labor in America.
> Got it.
Also to be noted is that many of Ford's cars are built in Mexico.
General Motors, too. Mazda. Volkswagen.
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