I’ve stocked up on items from China that will probably become pricey or even unavailable in the near future. There are a number of homestead improvements in process. It would be a shame to get halfway done and find materials unavailable.
There’s stuff that’s just no longer made in the US due to decades of off-shoring. That’s not reversed in a few months or even a few years. Frankly, China was willing to throw health and safety issues out the door to get business. Would you like a lead battery recycling center next door to where you live?
The roll out of tariffs has been nothing if not confusing. It’s like presidential policy is conducted by the whims of a spoiled petulant toddler who lashes out at perceived or imagined insults. It’s hard enough for the average Joe to plan. Imagine how hard it is for a large business to function in this environment. Just wait until the tariffs really kick in.
-Sixbears
Kind of hard to pick out kernels of truth from the mass media now a days.
ReplyDeleteSeems retractions are sneaking back into style but on page 19 or so.
I'm not smart enough to pretend to be a Tariff's "Expert" as some recently previously "Expert" Russian-Ukranian war person, "Expert" international relations and "Expert" medical COVID experts.
Must be exhausting to "expert" on everything that's the current "Thing" on the internet.
I know a tax when I see one.
ReplyDeleteI know historically before Income taxes and all the rest got going, Tariffs KEPT the Federal Government SMALL.
ReplyDeleteWould be nice to shrink down the Federal Government back into the Constitutional Box it came in.