Tariff Charges

KZQ wrote:

Nessism post=917231 userid=14026  Should I start making these parts myself, in the great USA, and sell them here in the states? 

To answer your question, if you have the technology, YES !
Bill

 

You think I should start selling air correction jets and choke plunger seal rebuild parts myself, and cut out Zed?  That doesn't seem like the right thing to do to me.  And if I did, it wouldn't benefit the USA in any way.

I got mine from jetsRus. No it won't effect the GDP in any way. It might become more cost effective if the UK changes their rates as well. The one thing I was looking at was the turnaround and not having my bike in the mean time. I now have 4 old ones that can be rebuilt if need be. The old ones lasted 40+ years and changing them didn't make much difference as far as I could tell. 

That's Exactly why I don't step on toes, as Ed mentioned. Heck have been doing the same for Years helping the quarter sprint car fellas that run individual pod filters to sort-out flat spots, just crap we needed to do back when. Nothing is New what he does but like to resolve it to him and ED for their unique talents and hopefully Zed1015/ED make at least something for their efforts, they deserves it! 

Nessism wrote:

KZQ wrote:

Nessism post=917231 userid=14026  Should I start making these parts myself, in the great USA, and sell them here in the states? 

To answer your question, if you have the technology, YES !
Bill




 

You think I should start selling air correction jets and choke plunger seal rebuild parts myself, and cut out Zed?  That doesn't seem like the right thing to do to me.  And if I did, it wouldn't benefit the USA in any way.

I'm not suggesting you cut out anybody. I'm just saying that if the market conditions benefit you, that presents a business opportunity. I had no idea the Zed you were referring to was Zed1015. Honoring established personal relationships are a whole different matter.
Bill

SWest wrote:

I got mine from jetsRus. No it won't effect the GDP in any way. It might become more cost effective if the UK changes their rates as well. The one thing I was looking at was the turnaround and not having my bike in the mean time. I now have 4 old ones that can be rebuilt if need be. The old ones lasted 40+ years and changing them didn't make much difference as far as I could tell. 

None of the penny ante tariff crap, on low cost stuff, will affect the GDP.  

I guess the bottom line is if you are happy to pay more (as we have done for years) "knock yourself out" - I agree that  many current practices are immoral but it is a consumer driven world. Maybe some of those guys who have currently lost their jobs due to their employers business no longer being viable can get work in the new manufacturing facilities built by foreign investors 

I appreciate the argument about tariffs on manufactured goods, but what about raw materials?  Tariffs on aluminum?  Potash?  Oil?

hardrockminer wrote:

I appreciate the argument about tariffs on manufactured goods, but what about raw materials?  Tariffs on aluminum?  Potash?  Oil?
 

Hello HRM,
I'm not sure about tariffs on exported natural resources. How would you think they would be different than tariffs on manufactured goods?

This thread has become a good discussion on how tariffs affect our membership. There's no reason why we cannot broaden the scope as long as we leave politics, if that's possible, to other venues.
Thanks Bill/KZQ

KZQ post=917280 userid=1568

hardrockminer post=917279 userid=49877I appreciate the argument about tariffs on manufactured goods, but what about raw materials?  Tariffs on aluminum?  Potash?  Oil?
 

Hello HRM,
I'm not sure about tariffs on exported natural resources. How would you think they would be different than tariffs on manufactured goods?

This thread has become a good discussion on how tariffs affect our membership. There's no reason why we cannot broaden the scope as long as we leave politics, if that's possible, to other venues.
Thanks Bill/KZQ

That's a tall order if we can't talk about who is the driving force behind it and why. I remember NAFTA and what happened with that. It was also a lopsided deal that is still being felt today. With that came invasive species like the Africanized honey bees, Fire Ants, the fish that has taken over the Great Lakes and so on not to mention the degradation of our cities such as Detroit, Chicago and cities like them all in the name of free trade. I see it as a work in progress and when the underlying politics of nation states come to the table to work out a fair system we will see growth in those places as well. India comes to mind where they don't need us as long as they can get their products and oil from Russia but we outsource out IT personnel to them. What I find humorous is the fact the EU is buying their oil from them even though they are on the verge of war or so it would seem. That's what I meant by the quote "Maybe we should all look under our beds." 

The plan to bring jobs to the US  is obviously working 

Google projects that its $7 billion  UK investment  will create 8,250 jobs a year across businesses. These jobs will come through the need for AI adoption, engineering, data management and supporting services. The company said its research division DeepMind, which is working on science and healthcare projects, is also part of the investment.

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The plan to bring jobs to the US  is obviously working 

Google projects that its $7 billion  UK investment  will create 8,250 jobs a year across businesses. These jobs will come through the need for AI adoption, engineering, data management and supporting services. The company said its research division DeepMind, which is working on science and healthcare projects, is also part of the investment.

My question is where will the power come from? All ready they are having problems with EV's. 

Both black and red imported fire ants have been in the US for nearly and over 100 years respectively, long before NAFTA. Africanized bees expanded into the US from Mexico. Not sure which fish you are talking about but I suspect the same is true there. Certainly trade does bring the risk of invasive species though, such as emerald ash borer which most definitely was imported.

But you are right that its hard to talk about tariffs without politics, because doing so requires not talking about some of their consequences, and some of the other policies that are intended as complementary to tariffs. And that's a can of worms we don't want to open here.

But its not impossible, as long as we limited it to how this affects us as owners of old imported bikes that often need imported parts. But we should remember that doing so is turning a deliberate blind eye to parts of the equation, and in so doing we can't really discuss whether these tariffs are "good" or "bad" without all parts of the picture.