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Originally Posted by rayhawk
I am not so sure calling someone ignorant for wanting to buy american products is very fair. There is a significant debate as to whether America is really better off with current economic and trade policies. The average standard of living is going down in this country, while the rest of the world is for the most part catching up. You have to wonder if we need them more (foreign companies) or they need us more. After all, foreign countries do buy a fair amount of products from the US, but as they find the benefits of producing these things at home, they increasingly do. Then that exported technology and revenue leaves to said country. I fail to see the long term benefit to this country. Would'nt it make more sense if the world's largest consumer was also the world's largest producer and kept that money at home? I guess you figure somebody other than you down the road will pay for all these mistakes, so I suppose ignorance really is bliss.
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do you have any idea how Tariffs work?
The US Gov. applies Tariffs towards foreign products, increasing the price, so that when they are sold in the USA our gov/nation benefits from it.
For example.
say Z's cost 20k to make
the US gov. applies a 5k tariff, and Nissan applies 4k in profit margin
Every time a Z is sold in this country, 5k of that 29k goes straight to Uncle Sam.
I dont argue with buying American, but short of importing vehicles from another country every purchase helps this country.
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