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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:43 AM Sep 2018

Trump's tariffs will make recovery from Hurricane Florence more expensive

Trump’s tariffs will make recovery from Hurricane Florence more expensive
By Stuart Leavenworth
sleavenworth@mcclatchydc.com
September 17, 2018 04:08 PM

[link:https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article218532095.html#storylink=hpdigest|

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The tariffs President Trump has slapped on imports from foreign countries — including duties on $200 billion of Chinese goods announced Monday — are almost certain to raise costs on homeowners in the Carolinas hoping to rebuild and refurnish after Hurricane Florence.

While prices naturally rise after a natural disaster, given the spike in demand for building materials, Trump’s trade war has already boosted costs for imported plywood and lumber, which jumped 30 percent in the six months after the Trump administration announced tariffs on Canadian softwood timber in December.

In addition, Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports have boosted prices for furniture, washing machines and other appliances, and the president late Monday announced an additional 10 percent tariffs on a range of Chinese exports, which could increase to 25 percent by the end of the year.

Why do Republicans always punish Americans having the least voice and lowest incomes? Because they don't care and poor people are not their sugar daddy.......
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Trump's tariffs will make recovery from Hurricane Florence more expensive (Original Post) KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 OP
Of course it will, he never thinks of the most vulnerable among us Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #1
I don't think Trump would have been elected if..... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #2
He's not all that fussy about who he hurts as long as he's still making money Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #3
Rhiannon, I suspect our addiction to commercialism is killing us... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #4

Rhiannon12866

(205,448 posts)
1. Of course it will, he never thinks of the most vulnerable among us
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 06:16 AM
Sep 2018

He's proved that over and over again. No one needs to secretly record him saying he only thinks of the 1%, he's never pretended otherwise.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
2. I don't think Trump would have been elected if.....
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 06:31 AM
Sep 2018

more voters had known about the extent of his cruel past in dealing with property renters and small construction contractors.

We're all going to be paying for this fiasco for a long time (paybacks are hell) and I'll be surprised if Christmas sales numbers are not down this year. It would also seem to hurt the bottom lines of his buddies at Lowes and Home Depot from lower sales due to increased costs of lumber and appliances.

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Rhiannon12866

(205,448 posts)
3. He's not all that fussy about who he hurts as long as he's still making money
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 07:05 AM
Sep 2018

I wouldn't put it past him to throw anyone under the bus, he has no loyalty except to himself, more's the pity for the American people. I still think he only ran as an attempted money making scheme. No one would lend to him and he was desperate. I just can't believe so many people fell for it and probably he didn't either!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
4. Rhiannon, I suspect our addiction to commercialism is killing us...
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:21 PM
Sep 2018

as Americans nowadays seem so easily led around by our noses to buy or believe anything, as if we jump from one "feel good" to the next.

What happened to the good old days when we achieved most all our personal satisfactions through direct human interactions, nature, the arts, and lots of reading and open-minded debating to expand our intellect?

Republicans and their plutocratic funders appear to want Americans to be fiercely independent and individualistic, which makes us very easy to influence and control. That, in my view, is a very dangerous path for us to take and it's difficult to reverse.

Thanks!.......

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