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Trump's Proposed 25% Tariff On Steel
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15845346" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>Apparently, you've never seen the games they play with gas prices. Something happens at a refinery or pipeline and the prices <em>immediately</em> skyrocket. Once the refinery or pipeline is repaired, all of a sudden the excuse is "Well, it takes time for that new gas to get through the pipelines. When it does, then we'll see prices come back down." And the prices never get back down to pre-disaster levels until the oil companies are sitting on stockpiles bigger than they have room to store.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, when the price of gas goes up, the price of virtually <em>everything</em> goes up. Businesses whine and moan about the costs of manufacturing/shipping, but they never bear the brunt of it. They pass those costs <em>straight</em> to the consumers. We take it in the ass from every industry.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bingo! </p><p></p><p>The domestic capitalism that so many people love so much is exactly why it's too damned expensive to buy American made goods. Companies move production overseas not to bring costs down but to maximize profits. Ever wonder why a new average family car is <em>barely</em> affordable by the average family?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15845346, member: 121775"] Apparently, you've never seen the games they play with gas prices. Something happens at a refinery or pipeline and the prices [I]immediately[/I] skyrocket. Once the refinery or pipeline is repaired, all of a sudden the excuse is "Well, it takes time for that new gas to get through the pipelines. When it does, then we'll see prices come back down." And the prices never get back down to pre-disaster levels until the oil companies are sitting on stockpiles bigger than they have room to store. Anyway, when the price of gas goes up, the price of virtually [I]everything[/I] goes up. Businesses whine and moan about the costs of manufacturing/shipping, but they never bear the brunt of it. They pass those costs [I]straight[/I] to the consumers. We take it in the ass from every industry. Bingo! The domestic capitalism that so many people love so much is exactly why it's too damned expensive to buy American made goods. Companies move production overseas not to bring costs down but to maximize profits. Ever wonder why a new average family car is [I]barely[/I] affordable by the average family? [/QUOTE]
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