Topic: The One Big Beautiful bill will drive the return of the great American car.
Meta started this discussion 6 months ago #128,051
Making Automobiles Great Again!!!!Meta (OP) double-posted this 6 months ago, 45 seconds later[^] [v] #1,381,007
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 11 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,011
This Big SUV German in origin is built in Alabama. It does not cum with the option of Fried Green Tomatoes.Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 17 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,014
That's a hole lada car
Anonymous C double-posted this 6 months ago, 58 seconds later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,015
Anonymous B replied with this 6 months ago, 2 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,017
@previous (C)
Same for me. I have a used truck for horse related things. I have for decades owned a nice sports car. Quick and nimble on the road.
Same for me. I have a used truck for horse related things. I have for decades owned a nice sports car. Quick and nimble on the road.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 58 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,021
@OP should the government be picking winners like this? Socialist subsidies!
Meta (OP) replied with this 6 months ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,069
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 7 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,070
BYD.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,090
U.S. cars will go up because tariffs affect their supply chains. Tariffs have been bad policy since Smoot-Hawley.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 4 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,140
@1,381,007 (Meta)
The VAZ 2101 is Russian in the same sense that Robert Maxwell was Russian. Yes, he was in the KGB, but that doesn't make him any less of a western product.
The VAZ 2101 is Russian in the same sense that Robert Maxwell was Russian. Yes, he was in the KGB, but that doesn't make him any less of a western product.
Anonymous G double-posted this 6 months ago, 3 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,142
@1,381,090 (F)
Do you get all your opinions from Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Tariffs have already been a successful tool for pressuring other nations. The US can weather cutting off another country's trade, but those countries can't take the blow because the US is such a big economy.
Do you get all your opinions from Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Tariffs have already been a successful tool for pressuring other nations. The US can weather cutting off another country's trade, but those countries can't take the blow because the US is such a big economy.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,155
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 23 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,156
@previous (H)
> Who pays for tariffs?
It's a straight up tax on the American people; I can't understand why anyone is cheering it on. This is coming from the 'no taxes of you vote for me' party too. Just bizarre.
> Who pays for tariffs?
It's a straight up tax on the American people; I can't understand why anyone is cheering it on. This is coming from the 'no taxes of you vote for me' party too. Just bizarre.
Anonymous G replied with this 6 months ago, 15 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,286
@1,381,155 (H)
You completely missed the point by asking that.
If Trump threatens tariffs on a country unless they take migrants, and they give in and take them, then rescinds the tariffs? No one pays those.
There were tariffs that existed before Trump, and consumers were paying those, and because he renegotiated deals those consumers will pay less. That's not even accounting for the obligation of the EU to spend billions on US energy, which is negotiated alongside the tariffs reduction.
My point was that people can't seem to grasp that it's more complicated than adding a tax, because it gives leverage to the US to make demands. And you just proved that by ignoring that entire point and going back to "who's paying that tax".
You completely missed the point by asking that.
If Trump threatens tariffs on a country unless they take migrants, and they give in and take them, then rescinds the tariffs? No one pays those.
There were tariffs that existed before Trump, and consumers were paying those, and because he renegotiated deals those consumers will pay less. That's not even accounting for the obligation of the EU to spend billions on US energy, which is negotiated alongside the tariffs reduction.
My point was that people can't seem to grasp that it's more complicated than adding a tax, because it gives leverage to the US to make demands. And you just proved that by ignoring that entire point and going back to "who's paying that tax".
Anonymous G double-posted this 6 months ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,288
@1,381,156 (I)
I just explained why some of these are being cheered on. Do you want to respond to the point I made about tariffs being used for leverage to negotiate better trade deals or getting countries to accept migrants?
Because both of those points are beside the point that consumers will pay for tariffs.
I just explained why some of these are being cheered on. Do you want to respond to the point I made about tariffs being used for leverage to negotiate better trade deals or getting countries to accept migrants?
Because both of those points are beside the point that consumers will pay for tariffs.
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,336
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,352
You’re not gonna like this.
https://unctad.org/news/shifting-map-car-production-reflects-changing-patterns-trade-and-investment
https://unctad.org/news/shifting-map-car-production-reflects-changing-patterns-trade-and-investment
Anonymous L double-posted this 6 months ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,353
China > the US + Japan + Germany
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,354
I hate having to own a car. It's just a huge money pit. I wish it was cool to be carless or we were back in the '90s so I could buy a brand new pocket rocket from glorious Nippon that's fun to drive for next to nothing. Thanks for reading.
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 6 months ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,381,372
@previous (M)
I just buy economy cars like a nerd and run them until they're ugly. Car culture sucks right now (not into trucks and SUVs). And CBR600; always liked the Hondas if I went motorcycle back then.
I just buy economy cars like a nerd and run them until they're ugly. Car culture sucks right now (not into trucks and SUVs). And CBR600; always liked the Hondas if I went motorcycle back then.
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