Tariffs, Protectionism, Trade Deficits, and Trade War
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Well, in my niche industry, I saw huge portions of software projects offshored to the third world, especially Russia and Malaysia. The code we got in return was awful and defect-ridden. We had to spend as much time fixing it as we would have had to spend just writing it ourselves.
Butter your toast however you please.
Butter your toast however you please.
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It’s almost as if we should utilize the third world for manufacturing things, and do our own technology work...
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Speaker to Animals wrote:Well, in my niche industry, I saw huge portions of software projects offshored to the third world, especially Russia and Malaysia. The code we got in return was awful and defect-ridden. We had to spend as much time fixing it as we would have had to spend just writing it ourselves.
Butter your toast however you please.
My mom is in tech, had the same issue you described.
For what I do it's easy enough to QA/QC if you halfway know how to control a vendor. Just got done having a consultant train a mfg I use in Shanghai. They were acceptable but we wanted the spec improved.
I will say I've seen quite a few precision machined parts have trouble when imported, but what I need is less precise than that so it's not a problem for me.
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Re: Tariffs, Protectionism, Trade Deficits, and Trade War
Close the loophole.
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I have kinda thrown in the gold bug towel. Stopped listening to Kings World News couple of years ago. Don't even listen to Gerald Celente anymore.Fife wrote: BTW, are you a Schiff guy? Did you listen to the podcast episode in the OP for this thread?
After the slide of hand the Federal Reserve was capable of doing in 2007, I don't imagine there is much that they can't manipulate.
The real and only threat to the value of the US dollar is public unrest.
Seems the entire developed world is in the same fiscal boat. We are still on the highest deck so as the ship sinks we will always be in the best relative position unless the lower decks get rowdy and capsize the ship.
We are the most stable and free nation in the world even if it appears as some within our nation would prefer otherwise.
“I've got a phone that allows me to convene Americans from every walk of life, nonprofits, businesses, the private sector, universities to try to bring more and more Americans together around what I think is a unifying theme..." - Obama
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LOL
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03- ... will-enact
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03- ... will-enact
This is going to blow up in his fucking face, wow...On economic impact:
White House official says there will be no significant downstream price effects, and thus no significant downstream job effects
Expectation counters multiple statements and prognostications from several companies and industry groups that use steel and aluminum, as well as lawmakers representing them, who have warned the tariffs will harm their businesses or industries
Only job effects White House sees are positive ones in U.S. steel, aluminum industries: official
Says process extremely, carefully well vetted
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I am still waiting for the global economic collapse you predicted after Trump won the election..
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He just hit the gas on it, for sure.Speaker to Animals wrote:I am still waiting for the global economic collapse you predicted after Trump won the election..
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The EU Buckled
Trump and America wins this round
Trump and America wins this round
PLATA O PLOMO
Don't fear authority, Fear Obedience
Don't fear authority, Fear Obedience
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