From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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 10:49:26 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-11-10 10:26, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> 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.
>
Shhhhh...
He doesn't want to think about that.
:-)