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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Tariffs and bikes
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:55:17 -0500
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On 4/4/2025 1:01 PM, Shadow wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:52:59 -0400, Catrike Ryder
> <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> 
>>> Trust, but verify.On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 09:16:05 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The whole idea of increasing taxes on the masses, while decreasing them
>>> on the wealthy, is so Republican, and so Reaganesque with the fraud of
>>> "Trickle-Down Economics."
>>>
>>> These new high taxes on discretionary items will be disastrous since a
>>> new bike, a new phone, or even a new car, is not generally a required
>>> purchase, and consumers will be unwilling to pay much more. So companies
>>> like Trek will likely absorb some of the tariffs by accepting lower margins.
>>>
>>> OTOH, some businesses, like car repair shops will see more business as
>>> consumers spend more to keep their existing vehicle working.
>>>
>>> For items that are not discretionary, like food, we'll just have to pay
>>> more for the same items or switch to lower-cost items.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Much of the food we USAians eat is produced in the USA
> 
> (by "illegal immigrants")
> 
>> , so it won't be
>> affected by tariffs.  The current high grocery prices are a product of
>> the inflation that happened over the last four years.
> 
> 	;)
> 	[]'s

Are there illegals in agricultural work?  Probably yes. Are 
they of a significant or critical number? Probably not.

That said, there are probably ag operations dependent on tax 
cheating for their survival.  I for one will not cry when 
their operations are closed, illegals deported, and the 
principals pursued, tried and convicted.

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971