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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
If tariffs go from 25% to 60% that will greatly affect Chinese imports. Watching closely.
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That would definitely be the demise of Chinese outlet stores here, like the $1.25 tree stores, and a number of others. To me the bottom line question is, will the American public actually accept the "pain" along with the aspect of gaining a strong, self-sufficient, country again. This is so incredibly complicated and all factors are interwoven. Illegals for instance, mass deportation and strong border guarding will reduce the number of workers available to butcher and cut meat, to clean hotel rooms, to put on new roofs and mow lawns. That will open jobs for millions on our welfare roles. But.... will Americans in general be willing to pay more for those hotel rooms just because the hotel maids will once again be mainly English speaking (like when I was a kid, on vacation with my parents, we talked with the person cleaning our room, would compliment them, etc.) ? It will come with a price, it will be interesting to see how many of us are willing to put our money where our mouth, the mouth always complaining about the loss of jobs, poor quality of so many goods (how many of your parents had a refrigerator that was still running just fine after 22 years ? Mine sure did ! ), and complain about the real cost of having "cheap labor" which often turns out not to be so cheap after all when things like medical, crowded schools, crowded hospitals, welfare, etc. is all added up ? A lot to think about, a lot to tackle !