will mexican companies absorb the 20% tariff trump puts on their goods?

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schuylaar

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TacoMac said:
I bet a buddy of mine 10 bucks yesterday that he wouldn't be able to find one single item in a Walmart made in the USA in less than 30 minutes.

I bought myself a 6 pack of Beck's with my winnings.
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Then he wasn't looking too hard?..it's everywhere..not that I'm sticking up for the Walton family but I'm truly impressed..I've never seen a store with so many 'made in America' flag logo.

I'm standing by my decision to no longer support Small Business Saturday sponsored by American Express..you see, I used to care about my neighbors but when I needed them they weren't there for me. Now I no longer pay 50-200% premium to help keep them in business.

I'll come back when they stop voting right.

One year ago, I wouldnt be caught dead in one..The Times They Are A Changin'


Now you know where you're business went in 2017 Mr SCorp!
 
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TacoMac

TacoMac

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schuylaar said:
Then he wasn't looking too hard?..it's everywhere..not that I'm sticking up for the Walton family but I'm truly impressed..I've never seen a store with so many 'made in America' flag logo.
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Ummmm...yea. Sure. Right.

Last year, Walmart scrubbed the "Made in the USA" labeling from its website following allegations from the nonprofit group Truth in Advertising that found more than 100 examples of items that did not adhere to that label's requirements.
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Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2016/06/28/walmart-made-in-the-usa-products-fact-or-fiction/#21f75605378c

They're lying. As usual.

To be "made in the USA" has a specific definition, and that doesn't mean made in the USA. The vast majority of the labels WalMart was using that said "Made in the USA" referred to the labels themselves, not the products they were actually adhered or fastened to.

Most have since been removed.

At this time, roughly 2.5% of all products sold by Walmart are actually made in the USA. The lions share (nearly 80% of all products) comes from China, with Japan, Korea, Bangladesh and others filling up the rest.
 
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schuylaar

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TacoMac said:
Ummmm...yea. Sure. Right.



Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2016/06/28/walmart-made-in-the-usa-products-fact-or-fiction/#21f75605378c

They're lying. As usual.

To be "made in the USA" has a specific definition, and that doesn't mean made in the USA. The vast majority of the labels WalMart was using that said "Made in the USA" referred to the labels themselves, not the products.

Most have since been removed.
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I read you citation and your last paragraph is an outright lie and has nothing to do with the label itself being made in America..it has to do with..is 100% of the product made in America..it was found the company was relying on its vendors to properly label their products only if 100% came from America..often times they found a component in a product that wasn't American thereby disqualifying.

I used to support my neighbor until he no longer supported me by continually voting against his interest (and mine).

Be prepared to see more 'for lease' signs in your local strip store.
 
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Fogdog

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NLXSK1 said:
I havent been here for 5 days yet you guys cant stop talking about me....

Executive Summary
This report estimates the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level to be about $113 billion; nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84 billion at the state and local level. The study also estimates tax collections from illegal alien workers, both those in the above-ground economy and those in the underground economy. Those receipts do not come close to the level of expenditures and, in any case, are misleading as an offset because over time unemployed and underemployed U.S. workers would replace illegal alien workers.

Well, saving hundreds of billions of dollars might make a 10 billion dollar wall worthwhile.... Doncha think??
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not even close, fool. Implementing policy based on alternative facts is like eating soup made from magic beans. Sounds good but people will in fact go hungry.

Not to mention you cowardly left out the link to your "summary".

The disruption of the economy due to the deportations will shrink it by 380 to 600 billion USD. Taxes are paid by those "aliens' (what an anachronistic term that is) and so the debt will be run up. Not to mention shrinking the labor force by 5%.

The cost of these deportations will cost about $300 B

Building the wall will cost between $15 B - $50 B, maintaining it will run in the billions per year.

For somebody who only cares about fiscal matters and wants small government, you are strangely willing to put this country easily into another half trillion dollars in debt.

Unlike you, I'll include a link so that you may correct your misconceptions from reading alt right propaganda.

It is from that utterly liberal and deceptive (snicker) Time media owned Money magazine.

http://time.com/money/4566401/trumps-deportation-immigration-plan-numbers/
 
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Fogdog

Fogdog

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TacoMac said:
Ummmm...yea. Sure. Right.



Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2016/06/28/walmart-made-in-the-usa-products-fact-or-fiction/#21f75605378c

They're lying. As usual.

To be "made in the USA" has a specific definition, and that doesn't mean made in the USA. The vast majority of the labels WalMart was using that said "Made in the USA" referred to the labels themselves, not the products they were actually adhered or fastened to.

Most have since been removed.

At this time, roughly 2.5% of all products sold by Walmart are actually made in the USA. The lions share (nearly 80% of all products) comes from China, with Japan, Korea, Bangladesh and others filling up the rest.
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schuylaar said:
I read you citation and your last paragraph is an outright lie and has nothing to do with the label itself being made in America..it has to do with..is 100% of the product made in America..it was found the company was relying on its vendors to properly label their products only if 100% came from America..often times they found a component in a product that wasn't American thereby disqualifying.

I used to support my neighbor until he no longer supported me by continually voting against his interest (and mine).

Be prepared to see more 'for lease' signs in your local strip store.
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I can't find anything that backs up @TacoMac 's assertion that only 2.5% of Walmart's inventory is in fact American made. I have separate concerns about Walmart and refuse to shop them for their low wage anti-union practices. They are lying about the American Made claim and ownership are very much a part of the money-class Republicans. Not shopping there. But that's just my thing.

Small businesses aren't wedded to American Made either. @schuylaar 's main motivation for shopping Walmart is to avoid putting money in the hands of racist, misogynist anti-democracy Trump supporters, which I laud. It is a fact that a large majority of small businesses are Republican-owned and voted for Trump. So, fuck them. They can get their business from welfare dependent red necks. But Walmart is hardly a valid alternative to right wing-owned small businesses if this is her objective.

Look at the fine print in the lower right corner of Walmart's advertising claim. They actually don't have a policy of buying American Made, they let their suppliers make the claim and in many cases, the claim is an alternate fact. Walmart hides behind this claim even though it would collapse in court if ever sued for false advertising.


 
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Lucky Luke

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Time for the US to Buy Australian Avocardo's...but they may of gotten more expensive due to Trump tearing up the TPP agreement....idiot he is.
.But will be well worth it due to our clean climate and safe drinking water.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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Fogdog said:
You don't know very much about this.

It's always the most ignorant who says "you just" in a declarative statement.

You just arrest them.
You just cut taxes.
You just let the free market decide.

You just grow all avocados domestically. LOL

Avocados aren't such a big deal. You just raise prices to cut demand to US production levels. See how stupid and easy that is? I'll miss my guacamole but I'm not paying $10 for one. I was in Japan a while ago. One apple was $10 in US currency. It was a nice looking apple. Protectionism only means higher prices. And less demand. Sort of a lose-lose-lose-lose proposition.
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and the only people who suffer are the working men and women.
The rich will still buy avocados and apples when ever they feel like..may buy more of them, even if they dont like them and sit em at the end of a table just to show that they can.
 
esh dov ets

esh dov ets

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spandy said:
So since the Mexican product is too expensive, I think I'll buy the American made product for cheaper. Thinking so will everyone else. And who's gonna out source work to Mexico when they will inevitably be hit with a 20% tax that they will have to absorb or attempt to sucker the consumer into paying.

Derp derp derp
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Yeah kuck other countries. U.S.A U.S.A !!!

Just sitting back watching the united states' relationship with the rest of the world deteriorate
 
HarveyHarvester

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jwreck

jwreck

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Im not pro trump or pro anybody but the same thing can be said about raising the minimum wage to $15, the companies that are force to pay that rate are gonna pass the cost on to us and that would be worst than avocados
 
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