i knew this was going to happen

[NConly]

3 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Hi, I'm not understanding how tariffs keep illegals out. Seems to me that if manufacturing returns to the USA  then the USA will need a larger labor force requiring immigrants to fill the need for some labor. Americans ( In general) aren't going to "labor". Will robotics do all the labor related work?

 

Well when Trump said he would tariff Mexico the next day Mexico said they stopped the caravan. Most big companies see the work force as its biggest problem. They are moving fast to replace as many people as possible. big farms is a good example while the put the small farmer and family farmer out of business the are doing it with machines. Just go to you tube to find all you want about machines replacing manpower.

[warrior12]

10 minutes ago, NConly said:

Well when Trump said he would tariff Mexico the next day Mexico said they stopped the caravan. Most big companies see the work force as its biggest problem. They are moving fast to replace as many people as possible. big farms is a good example while the put the small farmer and family farmer out of business the are doing it with machines. Just go to you tube to find all you want about machines replacing manpower.

Yes, it is called the 4th industrial revolution by  the WEF, see the  [world economic forum] Charles Schwab.   The machines are amazing I must say, from the videos I see. They will eventually take over  the manual labor in a short time I suppose, just like these huge harvesters that can do field in record time. 

The American way of life has changed from hard working manual labour to most young people being university or college educated, so then the dependencies on outside people to do the hard labor work.   With this reality, the outside workforce would be necessary for the time being at least.

[just_abc]

On 11/26/2024 at 11:35 AM, Ghostdog said:

trump is going to put a 25% tariff on imports from canada. 

I am so sorry your country is going through this tariff issue..  :(

After Canada and Mexico..  I am not sure if countries in my part of the world might get hit by blanket tariffs too?

Or maybe all countries in the world?  :noidea

A difficult situation for world to deal with..

 

Edited November 27, 2024 by just_abc

[NConly]

12 minutes ago, warrior12 said:

Yes, it is called the 4th industrial revolution by  the WEF, see the  [world economic forum] Charles Schwab.   The machines are amazing I must say, from the videos I see. They will eventually take over  the manual labor in a short time I suppose, just like these huge harvesters that can do field in record time. 

The American way of life has changed from hard working manual labour to most young people being university or college educated, so then the dependencies on outside people to do the hard labor work.   With this reality, the outside workforce would be necessary for the time being at least.

We take in about a million a year legally imo that is to many. I do not agree with about 20 million in 3 and 1/2 years illegally. I do not follow the wef very much I see an occasional post about them. Today kids have mostly had bad parents.

[just_abc]

I can understand countries sometimes placing tariffs etc on certain sectors /products.. for example to protect a major sector / industry in a country.. or for national security reasons.. or for self sufficiency reasons (such as say for a staple food) etc..

But a blanket tariff on ALL goods.. from all countries.. might potentially cause difficulties?  Or price rises?

I don't know.  Just a thought.

Thanks.  

[Neighbor]

7 hours ago, NConly said:

Well when Trump said he would tariff Mexico the next day Mexico said they stopped the caravan. Most big companies see the work force as its biggest problem. They are moving fast to replace as many people as possible. big farms is a good example while the put the small farmer and family farmer out of business the are doing it with machines. Just go to you tube to find all you want about machines replacing manpower.

Hi, NBC News has a good interview with WeatherTech CEO David Mac Neil on tariffs.( He moved his manufacturing from England to The USA). He is very optimistic about the positive effect tariffs will have for  his manufacturing business.

Plus he  shares his view on a lot of details too.  See Tariffs under Videos General. Great interview despite the source. 

[Ghostdog]

the tarriff war will begin on tues and canada will respond by putting 25% tarriffs on 150 billion dollars worth of american goods

[ladypeartree]

Lots of us in the UK would LOVE  a trump figure to come and sort out our illegal immigrations especially as this new government is doing its best to kill off the natives 

[teddyv]

And the trade war begins.

Counter tariffs from Canada are up now. Mostly symbolic as they are only targetting products from red states. We are not big enough economically to win a trade war, but hopefully can make some things uncomfortable.

If the US did anything, it unified Canadians against the administration. Hockey fans were booing the US national anthem yesterday.

Edited February 2 by teddyv

[missmuffet]

8 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

the tarriff war will begin on tues and canada will respond by putting 25% tarriffs on 150 billion dollars worth of american goods

Yes, very concerning for some, knowing God has total control not as concerning for others.