The Tariff Thread

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by Locke

Isn't that the Radio Station that dropped Turkeys on people?

Reported by Les Nessman, yes

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by calumniate

I dunno i just went to this stupid website:
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livin...d=8&region=021

80 cents a litre for WKRP

Well the Calgary price is wrong. It says it's $8.32us for a gallon. that is like $25 cdn!! lol .... $11.90cdn

$15.38 for a gallon in Victoria...

[Locke]

Originally Posted by calumniate

Reported by Les Nessman, yes

"God as my witness....I thought Turkeys could fly!"

[Drak]

4 litres of Island Farms milk at Thrifty’s here in Vic is $6.85

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Drak

4 litres of Island Farms milk at Thrifty’s here in Vic is $6.85

Cartels in Canada can't even price gouge correctly.... pathetic.

[Cowboy89]

https://globalnews.ca/news/11013600/...n-cars-tariff/

“If you look at Canada, Canada has a very big car industry. They stole it from us. They stole it because our people were asleep at the wheel,” Trump said.

He added, “If we don’t make a deal with Canada, we’re going to put a big tariff on cars. Could be a 50 or 100 per cent because we don’t want their cars. We want to make the cars in Detroit.”

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

https://globalnews.ca/news/11013600/...n-cars-tariff/

Damn. The price on the Eagle Talon is going to be cray cray.

[Muta]

Does Trump even realize he's only hurting his own country's companies/citizens by doing so? Truly a ####ing idiot. But also, just another stupid thing to say to distract away from other things going on behind the scenes, as per Steve Bannon's playbook. This current conservative/republican/extreme right-wing movement is the worst.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Muta

Does Trump even realize he's only hurting his own country's companies/citizens by doing so? Truly a ####ing idiot. But also, just another stupid thing to say to distract away from other things going on behind the scenes, as per Steve Bannon's playbook. This current conservative/republican/extreme right-wing movement is the worst.

Michigan Trump voters can go eff themselves. From the deerborn guys to the auto workers. You get what you deserve.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by Muta

Does Trump even realize he's only hurting his own country's companies/citizens? Truly a ####ing idiot. But also, just another stupid thing to say to distract away from other things, as per Steve Bannon's playbook.

The industry is completely integrated between both countries. Tariff Canada even 25% and it almost completely shuts down most US Assembly lines in Michigan, Ohio, etc. So the process of disintegrating it would be so immediately painful and expensive for US automakers and consumers.

Ultimately this bluster is probably mostly to freeze automakers current investment in Canada and inflict pain leading into USCMA renegotiation. Also agree there likely is some element of smokescreen to distract from the fact that they are gearing up to create a constitutional crisis by ignoring a court order to restore congressional funding. Much like the tariff bluster a week or so ago was occurring at the same time they were freezing funding to begin with.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Drak

4 litres of Island Farms milk at Thrifty’s here in Vic is $6.85

And they’re basically the most expensive store in the area. At Walmart/Superstore Island Farms is $5.65 and at Costco it’s more like $5.25.

[Drak]

Originally Posted by opendoor

And they’re basically the most expensive store in the area. At Walmart/Superstore Island Farms is $5.65 and at Costco it’s more like $5.25.

Yah Thrifty's is way overpriced. They sell Natural brand there (2 percent) for about $5.85 I think. I honestly don't know why I shop there so much. It used to be that the service at Thrifty's, produce and meat seemed higher quality to me. But now the service sucks. I should hit Country Grocer more.

[Engine09]

When the orange rapist rapist refers to "subsidizing" Canada to the amount of $200 billion, isn't this just a trade deficit due to the fact that the US buys way more from Canada than we do from the US? Being as they have 10 times the population.

First off he's a liar, that number is closer to $45 billion for 2024, not $200 billion. I know it's tough to make sense of a rambling lunatic who constantly making things up on the spot, but what am I missing?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

There are very valid reasons to ensure you have enough food production to support your own population, and the pandemic was a great reminder.

There is also a cost to this type of stance, so you have to decide if you want to be completely isolationist and make everything yourself (and suffer an overall lower standard of living) or not.

The same people arguing we need to not rely on the US also want us to destroy our own industries so we can rely more on the US. I don't believe these are deep thinkers.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

You're seeing the new oligarchy rearing its head I think with the threatened 50-100% auto Tariff. Gives the american-made Teslas an edge.

Because he knows full well that 50-100% tariffs would be a massive blow to Chevy/Ford/Honda/Toyota/Dodge/Jeep who have manufacturing plants in southern ontario.

Relocating all of that to Michigan would not be a simple process, nor one that could be made overnight.

Meanwhile popular models like CR-Vs, Civics and RAV4s would blow up in price for the american consumer.

[calgarygeologist]

You guys complaining about milk at $6 per gallon have it good. We have been buying the A2 milk for a few years now because it is apparently easier for my kids to digest and causes fewer gut issues. That #### is $7.50 for two litres though. Also, my kids love cereal so they go through a lot of milk.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

You guys complaining about milk at $6 per gallon have it good. We have been buying the A2 milk for a few years now because it is apparently easier for my kids to digest and causes fewer gut issues. That #### is $7.50 for two litres though. Also, my kids love cereal so they go through a lot of milk.

lol NO ONE is complaining about milk at $6/gallon..

[Drak]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

You guys complaining about milk at $6 per gallon have it good. We have been buying the A2 milk for a few years now because it is apparently easier for my kids to digest and causes fewer gut issues. That #### is $7.50 for two litres though. Also, my kids love cereal so they go through a lot of milk.

Huh? I'm not complaining. Just setting the record that milk around here doesn't seem very high priced to me.

[Locke]

People measure milk by the Gallon?

I measure everything by the Congius. Its just more efficient.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Locke

People measure milk by the Gallon?

I measure everything by the Congius. Its just more efficient.

the only thing that should still be in gallons are aquariums. Not even sure how litres my 90 and 33 gallon tanks are.