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shavenferret said:
Aren't you the guy that was complaining about the tariffs? Yeah i agree with that. It's frustrating and i hope that this tariff stuff ends quickly. Trade should be as free as possible. |
Agreed.
A lot of the things we use in modern life, that we eat in modern life, cannot be sourced in North America. North America simply does not have the same degree ot breadth of mineral resources as Asia, Africa, or even South America. Many key foodstuffs are grown in climates that are not found in any abundance on the North American continent. And I, for one, am not willing to go back to a 1950s/1890s lifestyle to make people happy who can't cope with the changes in the world.
Americans should not be penalized for wanting a high-quality, efficient Toyota over an inefficient, overpriced Ford or GM vehicle, just because Ford and GM don't know how to make and sell vehicles for European and Asian markets or even make good products for the U.S. market. They're surviving on the F-Series and Silverado, as well as Buicks in China. It's on Ford and GM to step up their game and actually make products the world wants, as Toyota does, not for us to pay for their shortfalls through tariffs and subsidies.
Isolationism does nobody any good. Just ask North Korea.
