silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factorieswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down10
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minus-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up31·1 year agoNiiiice. Let those union Trump voters suffer. Maybe they can go pick lettuce for $2/hr.
minus-squarewirebeads@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoWait till they learn about how much less they’ll make picking blueberries and tomatoes. Lettuce will be like caviar for monies.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoWhen the US interned the those with Japanese ancestors during WWII, nobody else stepped in to take over their crops. The result was shortages instead of a change in who did the work.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoeither way we’ll have war rationing soon enough.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·1 year agoOr maybe they’ll start paying a good wage.
minus-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI ain’t paying $16 for a head of lettuce!!
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDon’t worry, I’m sure those immigrants will be the one paying for the lack of cheap labor …. Somehow
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agowhat is your understanding of how this could happen
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoAre you familiar with the concept of “unions”? It’s a similar principle, starve the company of labor, the company pays more.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoplease complete your thought. are you saying the tariffs starve the company of labor?
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoI think that I replied to the wrong comment, odd.
Niiiice. Let those union Trump voters suffer. Maybe they can go pick lettuce for $2/hr.
Wait till they learn about how much less they’ll make picking blueberries and tomatoes. Lettuce will be like caviar for monies.
When the US interned the those with Japanese ancestors during WWII, nobody else stepped in to take over their crops. The result was shortages instead of a change in who did the work.
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either way we’ll have war rationing soon enough.
Or maybe they’ll start paying a good wage.
I ain’t paying $16 for a head of lettuce!!
Don’t worry, I’m sure those immigrants will be the one paying for the lack of cheap labor …. Somehow
what is your understanding of how this could happen
Are you familiar with the concept of “unions”? It’s a similar principle, starve the company of labor, the company pays more.
please complete your thought. are you saying the tariffs starve the company of labor?
I think that I replied to the wrong comment, odd.