from the person that thinks the dept of education is be all end all.SuburbanFarmer wrote: Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:38 pm its only the third-biggest factor. Doesn’t even count!

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from the person that thinks the dept of education is be all end all.SuburbanFarmer wrote: Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:38 pm its only the third-biggest factor. Doesn’t even count!
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/22/63125497 ... el-tariffsMid Continent Nail Corporation produces half the nails made in the United States at its factory in southeast Missouri. On June 1, President Trump imposed new tariffs on steel imports. In the following two weeks, Mid Continent's sales went down by half, causing over 100 workers to lose their jobs. Chris Pratt is Mid Continent's operations general manager, and he joins us from his home in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Thank you for coming on the program, sir.
CHRIS PRATT: Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
COLEMAN: What exactly is a 232 tariff?
PRATT: A 232 tariff is a tariff that is imposed by the president. He imposed that tariff on steel and aluminum.
COLEMAN: Mr. Pratt, why did the new tariffs hurt your company's sales so badly?
PRATT: Well, Section 232 tariffs only affect steel, not finished goods, so when we tried to pass on that 25 percent, which - our customers, in the two-week period, canceled 50 percent of their orders for June because they could buy import nails that are not subject to the 232 tariff. You know, right now, we're fighting 232 tariffs imposed by our own president, which, in turn, has allowed steel producers to raise their price 30 percent, as well.
COLEMAN: I'm sorry. Did you say that American steelmakers are increasing their prices by 30 percent?
PRATT: That's correct.
COLEMAN: Why?
PRATT: Because they can. When import supply is eliminated, that just gave them the ability to raise their price 25 percent, and they capitalized on it and raised it even more.
No, dude.Montegriffo wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:37 pm I understand that profit equals income minus costs.
I also understand that pricing yourself above foreign imports leads to lost sales and lost jobs.
I thought it was immigrants you wanted to export not jobs.
This is literally what we are trying to reverse and what you are defending, you fucking tard.Montegriffo wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:55 pm So it's ok to throw American manufacturing jobs under the bus so long as US steel can make a profit?