Tariffs trip up the all-American RV industry

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Millions of pensioners are retired autoworkers, steelworkers, teachers and the like. Others are first responders who create a safe environment for society. Are you going to argue that a paramedic who saves the life of one of those people who "use their own two hands to make things" didn't contribute to the wealth you claim only they can create? You are just going to dismiss the education that handworker received that allowed them to learn their craft as not valuable?

The point is that we would not have the luxury of all those services unless people create wealth. Passing money back and forth between each other has no net gain, someone actually needs to produce something. This thread started about tariffs which are used to protect the wealth creators in this country. You can argue about how well they might work, but one thing for sure is offshoring production will dump our wealth into another country. Those that receive their income from sources such as taxes have a better lifestyle by buying cheaper worldwide and those that are/were in the production of goods in this country, not so much.