Tractors and Tariffs

[RSR]

From a recent Reuters article (U.S. companies adapt to 'endless' China tariffs | Reuters)

"Some companies are resorting to the price hikes they have been delaying. Kubota held off raising prices until now in hopes that the costs associated with tariffs - including higher prices for imported parts from China - would be short-lived. Kubota has 10 U.S. factories, with seven in Kansas. Its business has been hammered by retaliatory tariffs on U.S. farmers, said Stucke.

“We held out as long as we could,” he said. The company is implementing across-the-board price increases of 1 to 5 percent, depending on the item, as of Friday."

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Well, you know who to thank for that...

 

[fried1765]

Well, you know who to thank for that...

Yup sure do.....and I AM thankful!

 

[Woody65]

Well, you know who to thank for that...

Yes we do..... China..... stealing intellectual property, dumping state subsidized goods into USA to target and kill US companies, manipulating their currency for a trade advantage, etc etc.... about time we straightened them out.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You guys should be happy that you finally have someone looking out for ya.

My god, could we ever use someone like that.

 

[ruffdog]

Yup sure do.....and I AM thankful!

If it means more sales of US goods, then it is a positive. If it does not, then the extra money going into the treasury from the tariffs is solely a tax from the US consumer. With the added costs, if the consumer puts off buying or goes into debt deeper, then there may become a larger problem down the road.

 

[Trillium Farm]

You guys should be happy that you finally have someone looking out for ya.

My god, could we ever use someone like that.

No kidding! Our puppet in Ottawa is only interested in feminism & how to take orders from the UNunch:

 

[Industrial Toys]

Many people here hate that orange man, because we are suffering, and I say good for them, meaning the USA. Just because we don't stick up for ourselves.

You know, apparently some news rooms change the color to make him look orange. Now that's funny, if it weren't such a sad commentary on the state of the media.

I sometimes wonder if anyone remembers that speech of Gordon Sinclair (sp?) (Hope I got the name right) that made it to the top ten music charts in the early 70s?

The Americans by Gordon Sinclair - YouTube

Man, I love Youtube. Can find anything , quick with no BS!

 

[Oldoak]

Well, you know who to thank for that...

Yup sure do.....and I AM thankful!

:thumbsup:

A little negative is a small price to pay for a much greater gain.

 

[Diggin It]

I sometimes wonder if anyone remembers that speech of Gordon Sinclair (sp?) (Hope I got the name right) that made it to the top ten music charts in the early 70s?

I do and I quote it often without going down the Tube.

But Gordon would be extremely dismayed today at recent events.


And not to nitpick before this thread gets shelved, but it was Byron McGregor's reading that got into the top ten. Sinclair's did not:

"A transcript of the commentary was also recorded by Byron MacGregor, news director of Windsor, Ontario, radio station CKLW (AM), and it became an even bigger hit in the U.S., climbing to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sinclair was said to be annoyed by MacGregor's recording, which was released as a single before Sinclair's authorized version.[16] At the time, CKLW was owned by Toronto media baron John Bassett. In Canada, Sinclair's version peaked at #30, topping McGregor's, which missed the top 40, stalling at #42. "

Gordon Sinclair - Wikipedia