Tariff increases

[Tradd]

Some people who are already panicking about increased tariffs/duties. Customers are already calling and emailing. NOTHING can go into effect until the new administration is in place. We also have no clue what they will be, either. That happens January 20th. During his first term, it took ONE YEAR for additional tariffs to go into effect.

Please tell this to the people you know who are freaking out. We will know nothing until new administration is in place.

[LDAHL]

I hope Susie Wiles talks him down from that particular ledge.

[jp1]

I hope Susie Wiles talks him down from that particular ledge.

Good luck with that. He’s not a big fan of listening to advice.

[bae]

I have several expensive items I'd been considering buying, made overseas. I'm contemplating purchasing them early, just in case.

[Tradd]

I have several expensive items I'd been considering buying, made overseas. I'm contemplating purchasing them early, just in case.

I did that already.. I bought a 2024 Subaru Crosstrek, made in Japan, back in July when my Escape bit the dust. I don’t need anything else. iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch were all bought earlier this year. Windows laptop was new a year ago. The thing I buy the most is ebooks (Kindle) and they’re not affected by books being printed in China. My Kindle is a year ago, but I can also read on iPhone and iPad.

[Alan]

I heard somewhere that the last round of tariffs brought a trillion dollars of manufacturing back to the US. I don't know if that's true or not but there must be a reason the majority of those tariffs were kept in place during the Biden admin. It makes me wonder why no one is talking about the possible positive effects of whatever may be in store once the new admin takes over.

[Tradd]

Biden kept the Trump tariffs in place because being weak on China was the last thing to appear to be.

[jp1]

The cool bit for American manufacturers is that they will be able to raise prices of stuff to just under the tariffed price of foreign goods. Profits will go through the roof.

[Tradd]

The cool bit for American manufacturers is that they will be able to raise prices of stuff to just under the tariffed price of foreign goods. Profits will go through the roof.

So many things aren’t made here.

[gimmethesimplelife]

What I'm worried about is how Mexico will respond. Many Americans depend on Mexico for health care - will Trump sabotage this? If he does, is he not fairly directly responsible for murder in cases of patient death due to lackmof access to Mexican health care? Something else to despise the man for. Rob