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valleyrogue

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6. So what if most products come from China? The time to have complained was in the 1980s.

Reply to uponit7771 (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 09:49 AM

Apr 2025

That was the era of neoliberal/Friedman/Chicago School crackpot economics which encouraged the shipping of manufacturing jobs overseas in order to increase profits and ruin the standard of living for working Americans.

ALL retailers, whether Walmart or the local shop, sell "imported" goods, many of which have "American" brands on them. China is one, but also countries like Vietnam have become increasingly popular.

Of course prices are going to skyrocket with the dipshit's tariffs.

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50 - 60% of what middle class America buys from the 3 largest US retailers come from China [View all] uponit7771 Apr 2025 OP

You Should Think About Replacing Your iPhone -- Now dalton99a Apr 2025 #1

Crap, don't have an iPhone but need to replace what I have uponit7771 Apr 2025 #4

Again, the time to have complained was 40 years ago. n/t valleyrogue Apr 2025 #7

With trump, it's never over. I think market hopes there is now a chance for a solution Silent Type Apr 2025 #2

markets are not so worried because today was a signal of trump's weakness in the face of pressure. tman Apr 2025 #3

YES !!! People know that MAGA idiot has break point uponit7771 Apr 2025 #5

Markets will most likely drift into a bear market Johonny Apr 2025 #8

So what if most products come from China? The time to have complained was in the 1980s. valleyrogue Apr 2025 #6

That % is a bit low if anything JCMach1 Apr 2025 #9

+1, I took lower avg of Costco, Amazon and Walmart uponit7771 Apr 2025 #11

The Dollar Stores will become the Twenty Dollar Stores? Passages Apr 2025 #10

They'll have to double prices in a couple of months once their pre load inventory is gone uponit7771 Apr 2025 #12

Yes and as we all know the people who most depend on those stores will be left Passages Apr 2025 #13