Tariffs trip up the all-American RV industry

Cummins12V98 wrote:
FAIR is requiring any product entering your Country to be made with the same environmental and labor regulations imposed on your own companies.

We would probably be trading only with Canada, if that were the case. And we would also be paying through the nose for even the most basic products.

This country already transitioned from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. We sell services and technology to other countries and we buy many of their manufactured goods. No amount of tariffs is going to change that.

For the record: I have been involved in manufacturing all my life and my livelihood was mostly dependent on other manufacturers.

I did NOT mention Tarrifs.

Yes it meant BS.

The American consumer, including me, are hooked on six dollar hammers. Tariffs raise the price to eight dollars and our farmers take it in the pocket. Then, we are hooked on eight dollar hammers.

d3500ram wrote:

...that's not Barbara Streisand (and what the heck did that mean anyway?).

Uhm, I think it meant to use the initials-monogram as a way to refer on family-friendly forums as a way to call out "Bovine Scatology" or other (ahem) terms that also use first letters of BS?

i like the other answer better.

BillyBob Jim wrote:


I think it meant that the women workers in other countries are cross-eyed butt ugly hags, with large noses?

BillyBob Jim...funniest line I've heard on these forums in a LONG time!!!

...that's not Barbara Streisand (and what the heck did that mean anyway?).

Uhm, I think it meant to use the initials-monogram as a way to refer on family-friendly forums as a way to call out "Bovine Scatology" or other (ahem) terms that also use first letters of BS?

BillyBob Jim wrote:

rk911 wrote:
that's not Barbara Streisand (and what the heck did that mean anyway?).

I think it meant that the women workers in other countries are cross-eyed butt ugly hags, with large noses?

:B

rk911 wrote:
that's not Barbara Streisand (and what the heck did that mean anyway?).

I think it meant that the women workers in other countries are cross-eyed butt ugly hags, with large noses?

Cummins12V98 wrote:

rk911 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
...FAIR is requiring any product entering your Country to be made with the same environmental and labor regulations imposed on your own companies.

no. that's a quality issue that should be left up to the consumer.

That's BarbarStreisand right there!

What the HE!! does "QUALITY" have to do with the environmental and labor regulations that are put on our manufacturers???

we cannot dictate environmental and labor issues to other countries. countries that take short cuts in production that affect the final product, well that's their choice and my choice not to buy. if American consumers don't like labor practices in other countries....thinking Nike....then consumers have the choice not to buy from those mfgs. if American consumers think that mfg X is a polluter then don't buy from that mfg. it's not up to us to dictate to the rest of the world. that's not Barbara Streisand (and what the heck did that mean anyway?). fair and free markets have zero tariffs...the consumer ihas the ultimate say.

rk911 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
...FAIR is requiring any product entering your Country to be made with the same environmental and labor regulations imposed on your own companies.

no. that's a quality issue that should be left up to the consumer.

That's BarbarStreisand right there!

What the HE!! does "QUALITY" have to do with the environmental and labor regulations that are put on our manufacturers???