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Old 07-01-2019, 03:55 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
So you agree that the tariffs are another tax?
Yes. Adding to the price of goods imported from 3rd world countries that use cheap labour is good and balances out the saving in using cheap labour.

The damage this influx has done to the West is huge. The loss of industries and the jobs, wages, taxes, economy is hurting the West. To allow it to continue because it's easy is tantamount to criminal. Because as I've pointed out where will it stop?

Crockett's bitching because it makes new goods more expensive, but as someone who sells second hand he should be very pleased. More will turn to buying second hand.

As for the great retail boost it was meant to trigger, online is killing that boom off very fast. Shops, stores are closing and companies like Amazon get bigger and bigger. Without hiring more people, robots are replacing them. My daughter got a summer job at an online perfume company, she can't this year as they installed a robot to select the perfumes and box them.
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