US Politics Thread 2021-24 - Page 857

mapuc · 04-15-25, 11:25 AM

During the years it has happened that companies with their factory here in Denmark have moved to another country where the cost was cheaper. Many of these companies moved back to Denmark-Reason, was because of bad quality.

Company like Coloplast moved to Hungary(I think it was)After around 2-3 years they moved back to Denmark-The reason was a huge drop in the quality of their medical products.

Markus

Dargo · 04-15-25, 11:26 AM

Greenland's foreign minister has said it is seeking deeper cooperation with China and potentially a free trade agreement
The art of the deal!

AVGWarhawk · 04-15-25, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dargo

Greenland's foreign minister has said it is seeking deeper cooperation with China and potentially a free trade agreement
The art of the deal!

God bless those 56,850 people in Greenland. Huge market. Not much of a deal.

Catfish · 04-15-25, 03:09 PM

https://www.newsweek.com/multiple-co...-admin-2059807

AVGWarhawk · 04-15-25, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

https://www.newsweek.com/multiple-co...-admin-2059807

Looks like another one losing the cash cow. Good.

Buddahaid · 04-15-25, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Looks like another one losing the cash cow. Good.

Looks like another giving the finger to modern day McCarthyism.

AVGWarhawk · 04-15-25, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Looks like another giving the finger to modern day McCarthyism.

Life ain't fair. We all deal with it.

Buddahaid · 04-15-25, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Life ain't fair. We all deal with it.

Here's the complaint.
https://clearinghouse.net/doc/158540/

https://clearinghouse.net/case/46388/

AVGWarhawk · 04-15-25, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Here's the complaint.
https://clearinghouse.net/doc/158540/

https://clearinghouse.net/case/46388/

Yes, like anyone else, let's file a complaint when the faucet is turned off. Reminds me of my SIL who was cut off of welfare. She was astonished. How could they do such a thing to a able bodied person. Monsters. Maybe Harvard can make up the difference with the well to do doctors they churm out.

Buddahaid · 04-15-25, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yes, like anyone else, let's file a complaint when the faucet is turned off. Reminds me of my SIL who was cut off of welfare. She was astonished. How could they do such a thing to a able bodied person. Monsters. Maybe Harvard can make up the difference with the well to do doctors they churm out.

The lawyers filing the complaint worked for Trump on other cases.

u crank · 04-16-25, 05:47 AM

The Fall of Harvard: How America’s Oldest University Became Its Most Expensive Liability

https://spectator.org/fall-harvard-a...ity-liability/

Quote:

What was once a training ground for future statesmen and scientists has become a bloated, self-satisfied bureaucracy. Harvard’s leaders now prioritize activism over academics, show greater loyalty to foreign interests than their own government, and are more focused on preserving a brand than protecting the country that created it.

Quote:

If America is the shining city on a hill, Harvard was meant to be its citadel, the pinnacle of its intellectual promise. It was supposed to train the next generation of American leaders, not roll out the red carpet for adversaries seeking to harm the country from within. While Harvard parades itself as the gatekeeper of progress, it’s quietly mortgaging its soul to the highest bidder, even if that bidder wants to undercut American sovereignty and pilfer advanced research with potential military applications.

Quote:

This isn’t about punishing one school. It’s about ending a culture of entitlement, a toxic belief that some institutions are simply too historic, too well-connected, or too smug to be held accountable. They’re not. And they shouldn’t be.

AVGWarhawk · 04-16-25, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u crank

The Fall of Harvard: How America’s Oldest University Became Its Most Expensive Liability

https://spectator.org/fall-harvard-a...ity-liability/

Beautifully and artfully quoted. Hats off! What institution of higher learning is next?

Catfish · 04-16-25, 06:15 AM

Simply beautiful

https://adfontesmedia.com/american-s...d-reliability/

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/american-spectator

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-spectator/

u crank · 04-16-25, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Simply beautiful

https://adfontesmedia.com/american-s...d-reliability/

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/american-spectator

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-spectator/

So are you suggesting that people on the right should not be allowed to express their opinions? How about addressing the opinion in the article instead of shooting the messenger. I for one would be interested in knowing what you think about the article, or if you even read it.

Dowly · 04-16-25, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

On the contrary, there is manufacturing here of electronics and accessories. These manufactures, just as China did, can make these products. The issue is parts are obtained globally. That too needs to change. The USA can no longer throw their hands up and say it can't be done when it can. Certainly it will take time. Sure, some will keep buying the cheap items but I will pay a higher cost for a quality product. I will walk away for items from China and purchase American made. Case and point, I go on vacation and find a pottery shop that make coffee cups, plates and the like. A coffee cup is $35.00. Hand made and locally. I buy it. It lasts me for decades. Yet, I get a coffee cup from China that has printed on it "I love West Virginia" it fades after 3 dishwasher cycles. It now reads "I love V g in a". But I paid $10.00. No thanks. Never again.

I posted a few back that Americans needs to get out of their head the cheap labor and products are the only way. The USA is contributing to sweatshops and poor factory conditions. The USA is supporting a country that does not support much of any climate change initiative. The products are cheap and in the landfill in short order. People do not get the amount of money wasted on poorly made products from China. Not all from China is cheaply made but a majority of it is.

You keep going about the cheap stuff, but that's not the problem that you'll run into with these tariffs. A cheap item that costs $2 to import and is sold at $10 will not see much of an increase in price even after +100% tariff.

Where the American consumers will start hurting is the pricier, low margin stuff. Say a TV costs $500 to import and is then sold at $700. Add +100% tariff on that and suddenly the price of importing raises to $1000 and if the retailer wants to keep the margin the same your new TV now costs $1300+. You can apply this to nearly all of the higher end stuff since they often are sold at low margins.

04-15-25, 11:25 AM	#12841
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	During the years it has happened that companies with their factory here in Denmark have moved to another country where the cost was cheaper. Many of these companies moved back to Denmark-Reason, was because of bad quality. Company like Coloplast moved to Hungary(I think it was)After around 2-3 years they moved back to Denmark-The reason was a huge drop in the quality of their medical products. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

04-15-25, 03:09 PM	#12844
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	https://www.newsweek.com/multiple-co...-admin-2059807 __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

04-16-25, 06:15 AM	#12853
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Simply beautiful https://adfontesmedia.com/american-s...d-reliability/ https://www.allsides.com/news-source/american-spectator https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-spectator/ __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.