Trump Successfully Pressures Ford to Move Mexican Plant to Ohio
I do wonder how much influence he actually exerted. Even so, its a solid step in the right direction, even if it is only in Youngstown, OH.
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The move would only be correct if it actually improved things for the company.
Perhaps its me, and I'm no advocate of Trump or any other candidate at this point, but I don't see anything but sense in wanting to create a more favorable and competitive environment in the US for business.
'hearsay is bovine effluence, first hand observation in the maquilador complex something quite different."
Yes it MAY be true. But if not you won't hear a thing about it unless someone wants to quote or trumpet thin air.
I believe Ford.
For those not familiar with the history of the Ford motor company:
Ford was the first global car company. Ford did not sell it's cars globally from America. Instead, it built production facilities in the countries and regions it wished to sell their product.
So, to the question of Ford changing their mind because of trump is hog wash...history tells us otherwise.
I'm sure Ford has its reasons for agreeing to this. I'm equally sure that whatever product they produce in Ohio they already have an eye for selling somewhere.
Again, the ancillary jobs/business created will likely greatly outnumber the 1000 jobs Ford projects bringing to the plant. The state may lose a degree of tax revenue on Ford but I'm certain it will take its money on the income taxes generated from new jobs.
that the remarks he made about Nabisco showed
considerable chutzpah. What Nabisco was doing
was obviously like what was done in Atlas
Shrugged. The owners of those companies are
the victims of extortion, and it is wrong to blame
them for trying to escape. The people who con-
tinue to vote for government control and extor-
tion are the ones who should hang their heads
in shame. But have they got any shame?
Ha ha!!!
Now let's see what Hazlitt would do with that information. What is the cost under the current system? What is the cost under the Ohio Plan? What is the cost if extra taxation (import duties) are added? Let's see....120 pesos a day six days a week at 16 to 1 exchange rate versus $15 and hour and what is the real hourly wage in Ohio and the real cost of moving a multi million dollar plant anywhere... Whatever the cost it ends up in one place and one place only.
The End User or buyer gets the entire bill. No matter what the bill may be. If it costs more then who loses?
What other businesses will NOT get the money that would have been spent elsewhere in the economy?
The buyer has x amount of dollars to spend. It can all go to Ford and government duties in which case Ford maybe and government for sure get more loot. It will not be spent elsewhere.
Nice article, full of holes you could drive a Ford Truck through and evades the entire story.
Where do people buy? Where they can afford to do so. Perhaps Walmart. They sell everything else.
On the other hand MAYBE the cars cost less as the salaries to 1000 factory employees in Ohio will be less than the duty currently paid? Prove it?
So big time Trumpet only promises to raise costs to the consumer one way ....or the other. IF Congress concurs. Is Dictator Ego showing already.
That's the bottom line. However it turns out he has no skin in the game. There aint no such thing as a free lunch and the buying public always gets the bill.
Sounds nice for the union vote though. They can launder some more campaign funds for The Donald if he manages to order buying from Ford for the Government. Of course UAW at GMC and Chrysler just miiiiiighhhhttttt object.
Just a little.
Where you have some wiggle room is on the quality, VW had some horrendous quality issues with Jettas made in Mexico for example, although they have other issues now..... But as an automaker, you have two concerns - cost you can sell it for, and how much it costs to maintain the warranty.
Donald Trump recently said that if he’s elected he would take steps to make it more expensive for manufacturers to shift work to Mexico and then export the items back to the United States. Only problem is......he didn't say it first nor urge Ford to make that choice first which they had done FOUR years ago at the urging of another Presidential Candidate. The whole thing with Trump is trumped up. In another words your hero of clay feet just got caught stealing someone else's credit. Kasich did the work on that one. Trump did s--t.
If it smells like s--t and tastes like s--t chances are you all just ate s--t. What's for dessert? BOHICA Bend Over Here It Comes Again and it's blowing a Trump-ette.
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run the two parts together for full link or go to http://twitchy.com and follow the headings.
What does that mean. All you trumpeters and trumpettes got rolled and hoses by a first class looting moocher. Now start whining.
And here's cartoon to go with it! http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Ca...
The operative words you may remember were IF and TRUE.
If you think Trump sit quietly and will allow O take credit you haven't been following Trump. :)
During my semi-retired prison guard spell as a security guard, Mercedes provided me with good pay under a Wackenhut contract.
My favorite post for making time fly was controlling a constant flow of truck traffic which included a lot of local Averitt drivers who got to be home every night.
As for the trucks, parts made by surrounding companies were being shipped in.
And there was another gate for carrying out the brand new cars to dealerships.
I worked all the gates.
At yet another I had to check in all kinds of business people who needed to visit so-and-so.
The first time I worked yet, yet another gate, I thought I was in for a slow yet quiet Saturday.
Then about 70 Hispanic cleaners lined up to be checked out, entered into a computer and let in one by one by one by . . . whew! .
a change!