The Trump Card...

[davekc]

do you realize how expense things would be if everything was produced here?...lots are already complaining about not paying a decent wage to live on..as in the minimum wage... a lot think raising the minumum wage is bad....but there are a ton more +'s to raising it then ,take aways

If the jobs and money stay here then the minimum wage "issue" will correct itself as the competition for workers increases. It would require a change in direction and thinking in this country.

Not completely but adding "the wall" will
be a start in the right direction.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

So the rest of the world has to suck it up because joe blow American wants 2 cars and a cell phone cottage and boat for his 2.5 kids and make $30.00 per hour to support his standard of living he thinks he deserves?

 

[Ragman]

do you realize how expense things would be if everything was produced here?...lots are already complaining about not paying a decent wage to live on..as in the minimum wage... a lot think raising the minumum wage is bad....but there are a ton more +'s to raising it then ,take aways

If the jobs and money stay here then the minimum wage "issue" will correct itself as the competition for workers increases. It would require a change in direction and thinking in this country.

Not completely but adding "the wall" will
be a start in the right direction.

Speaking of the wall.....

Trump asking Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wall - CNNPolitics.com

 

[davekc]

do you realize how expense things would be if everything was produced here?...lots are already complaining about not paying a decent wage to live on..as in the minimum wage... a lot think raising the minumum wage is bad....but there are a ton more +'s to raising it then ,take aways

If the jobs and money stay here then the minimum wage "issue" will correct itself as the competition for workers increases. It would require a change in direction and thinking in this country.

Not completely but adding "the wall" will
be a start in the right direction.

Speaking of the wall.....

Trump asking Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wall - CNNPolitics.com

Not surprised as it will take US dollars to start it. Trump people say fees and tariffs will pay it off. Will be interesting to see how that plays out.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

If the jobs and money stay here then the minimum wage "issue" will correct itself as the competition for workers increases. It would require a change in direction and thinking in this country.

Not completely but adding "the wall" will
be a start in the right direction.

Speaking of the wall.....

Trump asking Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wall - CNNPolitics.com

Not surprised as it will take US dollars to start it. Trump people say fees and tariffs will pay it off. Will be interesting to see how that plays out.

It should be fun to see the way it comes together considering his corporate tax cut is 20% so that's less revenue

 

[davekc]

Obamas new Washington DC home gets a wall installed as they prepare to move in | Daily Mail Online
Obama wants it too. Too damn funny.

 

[Turtle]

So the rest of the world has to suck it up because joe blow American wants 2 cars and a cell phone cottage and boat for his 2.5 kids and make $30.00 per hour to support his standard of living he thinks he deserves?

What do you mean by "suck it up"? Joe blow American doesn't owe the rest of the world anything, much less his job and his paycheck.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Doesn't matter this whole discussion is built long a lot of what if's and maybes we will see what the future holds

 

[JohnWC]

Overall I agree...Nafta should be revisited every 10 yrs or so because things change around the world...Nafta is for the benefit of just not 1 country but for the continent as a whole....so we 3 don't rape each other over while Asia and Europe invade us with their stuff.... so yes NAFTA should be looked at and if things have turned into too much favour for one country over the other 2 then renegotiate..indeed....as the US continues to shut auto plants in Canada and shift towards the US ....American cars are coming into Canada almost Tariff free...and that is not good either...

Canada just about shut down the American pulp wooder. Because they could ship trees south by rail than they could be cut here

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Overall I agree...Nafta should be revisited every 10 yrs or so because things change around the world...Nafta is for the benefit of just not 1 country but for the continent as a whole....so we 3 don't rape each other over while Asia and Europe invade us with their stuff.... so yes NAFTA should be looked at and if things have turned into too much favour for one country over the other 2 then renegotiate..indeed....as the US continues to shut auto plants in Canada and shift towards the US ....American cars are coming into Canada almost Tariff free...and that is not good either...

Canada just about shut down the American pulp wooder. Because they could ship trees south by rail than they could be cut here

A few years ago now the U.S tried to slap extra tariffs on Canadian softwood....that didn't work out so well for the US....Lumber industry just said fine....and sold all the extra to Asia..which created a shortage of building materials here and spiked higher prices...the US backed off the increases...

 

[skyraider]

2 things not made here anymore,,,Lionel trains,,I still got mine left to me by Santa, 1955. My old schwinn bike,,,long gone.

 

[billg27]

2 things not made here anymore,,,Lionel trains,,I still got mine left to me by Santa, 1955. My old schwinn bike,,,long gone.

Wow, when I was born in 1955 my Grandfather gave me a Lionel Train set. Then a new train car every Christmas until he passed. Still have all of the Lionel he ever gave me. Now I feel like getting them out and setting them up!


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[OntarioVanMan]

2 things not made here anymore,,,Lionel trains,,I still got mine left to me by Santa, 1955. My old schwinn bike,,,long gone.

kids want electronics now....gone are the days of street hockey and making your own go cart...and stuff like that..cell phones, tablets and so forth...

 

[JohnWC]

Overall I agree...Nafta should be revisited every 10 yrs or so because things change around the world...Nafta is for the benefit of just not 1 country but for the continent as a whole....so we 3 don't rape each other over while Asia and Europe invade us with their stuff.... so yes NAFTA should be looked at and if things have turned into too much favour for one country over the other 2 then renegotiate..indeed....as the US continues to shut auto plants in Canada and shift towards the US ....American cars are coming into Canada almost Tariff free...and that is not good either...

Canada just about shut down the American pulp wooder. Because they could ship trees south by rail than they could be cut here

A few years ago now the U.S tried to slap extra tariffs on Canadian softwood....that didn't work out so well for the US....Lumber industry just said fine....and sold all the extra to Asia..which created a shortage of building materials here and spiked higher prices...the US backed off the increases...

I'm talking plus wood for paper Mills Canada flooded the southern market back in the 90s
Kinda like the wet back did with the American picker

 

[Ragman]

Kinda like the wet back did with the American picker

Could we not use racist terms, please......

Thank you.

 

[Worn Out Manager]

Wow, when I was born in 1955 my Grandfather gave me a Lionel Train set. Then a new train car every Christmas until he passed. Still have all of the Lionel he ever gave me. Now I feel like getting them out and setting them up!


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Bill, same here with my Dad. I have boxes that haven't seen daylight in decades.

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[skyraider]

2 things not made here anymore,,,Lionel trains,,I still got mine left to me by Santa, 1955. My old schwinn bike,,,long gone.

kids want electronics now....gone are the days of street hockey and making your own go cart...and stuff like that..cell phones, tablets and so forth...

Unless you live in small town America, you will not see bicycles in front of a barbershop anymore these days,,look around sometime, its the little things that have disappeared....

 

[JohnWC]

Kinda like the wet back did with the American picker

Could we not use racist terms, please......

Thank you.

I apologize kinda like the worker from Mexico who didn't have a green card

 

[Turtle]

Kinda like the wet back did with the American picker

Could we not use racist terms, please......

Thank you.

Eventually, the term "undocumented immigrant" will become an offensive, racial slur.

 

[x06col]

Kinda like the wet back did with the American picker

Could we not use racist terms, please......

Thank you.

That's pretty touchy feely there Rags. Hope you are happy now......ya got him corrected.