American Tariffs on Chinese-Made Goods Threaten to Increase Prices for the US Bike Industry
In a continued dispute of escalating trade tariffs between two of the world's major economic powers, the Trump administration has threatened to impose tariffs on a further 200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods that includes bikes and bike parts from tyres, tubes, frames, forks, wheels and spokes to cables, pedals, saddles and much more, BRAIN (Bicycle Retailer and Industry News) reported earlier last month.
The Trump administration claims this retaliatory tariff is in response to China's decision to impose tariffs on US goods. Bike Europe has reported that the Chinese government will not tolerate blackmail from the American adminsitration and that they would respond in kind.
"In light of China’s decision to respond to the investigation by imposing duties on U.S. goods, the Trade Representative proposes a modification of the action taken in this investigation. The proposed modification is to maintain the original $34 billion action and the proposed $16 billion action, and to take further action in the form of an additional 10 per cent ad valorem duty on products of China with an annual trade value of approximately $200 billion." - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The US government is currently discussing and taking comments on the implications of these tariffs from key industry figures who are campaigning for the tariffs to be dropped or removed altogether until the 17th of August. There will be a public hearing about the tariffs on August 20-23.
For a full list of every product that could be affected by the tariffs, click here.
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Obama warned Xi Jinping about Trump's seriousness over tariffs. Xi's response was simply, if the world plunges into economic devastation over a trade spat, history will show who is at fault.
Trump has no idea what he's doing. We're already paying for it in the U.S. including the biggest reversals of public land protection in Utah, loosening of environmental regulations and oversight, loss of net neutrality, next year healthcare premiums are going to skyrocket (Trump sabotaging the ACA), and the Republicans and Trump are aiming to gut medicaid, medicare, Social Security in order to pay for the massive tax cuts aimed at the wealthy and corporations... oh and they're looking into slashing capital gains taxes as well....
Once again, I apologize to the world for this racist, child rapist and overall f*cking idiot conman a minority of our population voted for.
Hillary won the popular vote, so does your question matter?
I live in a 'Blue' state so I voted Green Party. If people are in a guaranteed 'Blue' state and didn't vote for the Green Party (so they had a chance to reach 5% and qualify for gov't funds and possibly, maybe one day break up the political monopoly as has been done by Greens to some extent in the EU) then you have no business voting and you will continue to get what you deserve.
I'll spend the rest of my life trying to explain to my kids how we could possibly elect a childish, $elfish, pig-puppet.
This 2 party system is 2 cheeks of the same ass.
Nope, just the majority.
if the Dems keep blaming Russia for everything without offering any coherent platform you can get used to another 4 years of the orange clown occupying the white house...
(a handful of online russian trolls somehow were the most influential factor in an election that cost over $2 billion... give me a break)
Im not American so I get no say but jesus, the guy is plunging the world into darkness that much is plainly obvious.
On a lighter note, went to a fancy dress piss up the other week. Some fella dressed as him, mask, red cap and all. Spent the entire night doing his mannerisms even when razzed. Very funny.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-re-education-muslims-ramadan-xinjiang-eat-pork-alcohol-communist-xi-jinping-a8357966.html
Who also made it possible for North Korea to remain under Kim rule for so long?
But yeah...it's Trump who is the dangerous extremist.
I love it when people make apologies on behalf of a whole population, or claim to speak for everyone. Trump won the election because he got the most votes in the areas that mattered. It was the same set of rules for him, arsehole that he is, and Clinton, arsehole that she is. They are both arseholes! Ha!
peopleforbikes.org/blog/proposed-tariff-increases-mean-bad-news-e-bikes
The Strava analogy is not flawed. the Popular vote DOES NOT MATTER. Thats not how the system works. Just like Strava times at races don't matter. Trump played a better game then Hillary and the Dems. He won fair and square.
I'm as butthurt of a liberal as there is but the only way to reverse this is to outsmart them not call them names.
Stop whining and start doing something. Home boy wiped the floor clean with Hillary and the dems. Hard to believe people are still in denial about this.
Almost like you have become the snowflake people like you constantly talk about.......
Very very obvious differences between the two things.
In Canada few identify themselves as Liberal, Conservative, NDP, or Green (some of our political parties). This allows for some freedom from having your choices pre-defined. Maybe we're on to something up here???
Tariffs are stupid but i'm glad the world is exposed for their tariffs as well. We should be thankful as Americans that we've allowed more free trade than any other country. Our manufacturing jobs have been hurt by tariffs domestic and abroad. The funny thing is i never see peak leftists condemning other countries ridiculous tariffs on our goods.
Sincerely - Liberty, not MAGA.
In the illustrious words of Arnold in Jurassic Park played by Samuel L Jackson: "Hold on to your butts"....
Look up the Katie Johnson lawsuit against Trump and convicted child rapist Jeffrey Epstein in which she claimed Trump and Epstein raped her when she was 13. It was tossed out of court due to the Johnson's claim that she couldn't cover the legal costs of her lawsuit if it proceeded.
Trump has a long history with Epstein and many quotes praising him (Epstein). Trump has a long history of sexual assaulting women including his first wife claiming he violently raped her (corroborated by a few of her friends).
But yeah I'm sure its all made up like everything else negative about Trump......... #fakenews #deepstate #Q
If people are happy to live under socialism I'm happy for them. I'm not willing too and I'm not willing to let America hand over liberty under the guise of "sharing the burden and taking care of one another".
Trump won on an anti-establishment message, the majority of american people gave a big middle finger to the process either by voting for trump, a third party, or not showing up to polls. Trump had a clear message, some of which appealed to those with racial biases (the same way Bill Clinton did with his "superpredator" bullshit), but largely appealed to those who've been left behind in an economy that no longer suits them. People didn't vote for Trump the republican, they voted for Trump the independent who won the republican primary. If Trump wasn't such a vile human being, he quite likely would've won in a landslide fashion.
Unfortunately the DNC forgot the american people weren't interested in Hilary Clinton in 2007 and four years as Obama's head of state didn't change their opinions on her. They picked an extremely divisive establishment candidate, at a divisive time in the country, and Trump's campaign had no problem picking her apart the same way Obama's and Sander's (the latter of which was just too extreme to win) campaigns did. History hasn't been favorable on Bill Clinton, many people equate Hilary and Bill as one group (marriage does that to you), and people simply weren't jumping at the bit to put another Clinton in office. It also didn't help the only election Hilary had won prior was a senate seat in a blue state, with closed primaries regularly meddled by the DNC, that she wasn't from nor lived in except to be a senator.
That's without even going into the disaster of a campaign the Clinton camp ran. While Trump's campaign was able to deflect criticism by sticking to the core message of "f*ck You, Washington D.C."
Hopefully you know that.
On behalf of all actual Americans, not apologist globalist wannabes like you, I thank you for your post and your continued "resistance", along with your hyperbolic propaganda and rhetoric... it's fine folks like you who will ensure Trump wins again in 2020. Keep up the good work!
I weighed the options and found Trump to be the most aligned with, not just my personal preferences, but the constitution of the United States. I cared about the nominations to the courts above and beyond. I didn't like the fact that my Government, who works for me, was able to tell me I am required to buy health insurance. The end result is obviously not a bad thing but the end doesn't justify the means when it comes to an attack on freedom.
I wouldn't allow him to sit at my kitchen table or be alone with my wife or kids, but I would vote for him again if there is nobody better.
I do agree that the Americans seem polarized on the hot topics and that the middle ground is almost non existent. Trump is loud and obnoxious like my old Dodge diesel with 6" exhaust, he rolls a lot of coal and you can hear him coming for miles but he gets some things done, like it or not. I prefer the white paint and chrome on my old truck to Donalds Hugger Orange paint with shag carpet roof but to each their own
I don't have to like the guy to see him getting things done.
m.theepochtimes.com/ivana-trump-presidents-ex-wife-says-he-is-definitely-not-racist_2414537.html
"“I don’t think Donald’s is racist at all,” Ivana Trump told Good Morning Britain. “Sometimes he says things which are silly or he doesn’t really mean them or something like that. But he is definitely not racist. I’m sure of that.”
Ivana Trump was married to President Trump for 15 years from 1977 to 1992. She described the marriage as problem-free and said that Trump always treated her well. "
I agree with a lot of what your saying, but 'wiped the floor clean' is a bit of a Trumpian exaggeration when in reality, "of the more than 120 million votes cast in the 2016 election, 107,000 votes in three states effectively decided the election."
He did win, though, absolutely no doubt about it. I'm not butthurt though - this is not a Democracy and to believe otherwise is delusional.
It is not selfish to distribute the wealth from the rich, which made their fortune on the back of others, back into society, from where it came in the first place. Apple is a 1 trillion company because it exploits cheap labour and shitty working conditions in China.
It would be pretty easy to rewrite a tax code so that people like you are rewarded for giving to charity, financially supporting your neighbors, or contributing to public works. It would be easy to rewrite the tax code so that corporations would be rewarded for supporting their employees rather than their stockholders. It would be easy to rewrite the tax code to influence corporations to manufacture here in America, or give small business's like yours a competitive edge to battle against large ententes who will buy out your boss and give you a pay cut.
Nobody paying taxes however is not an option, welfare programs and health care are monstrously important, and far more effecient than the U.S. Military, which is the posterchild for overbloated federal spending. We dropped more munitions in Laos during Vietnam than we did in the entirety of WW2. We spent far more in Iraq/Afghanistan than we did feeding poor children in this country. So while I understand you work very hard for your money, I disagree with your mentality towards taxes.
There would be so much work there.
Charitable giving is deductible but not as direct credit. I could get greater result using my own money in a charitable way than the government could, although most people probably wouldn't do that.
I'm not arguing we pay no tax. I'm arguing everyone pays a more similar %
The constitution lays out the function of government. Social services are not included while national security is. With that said we do spend too much.
Some social programs are needed but for the most part socialism is a hugely inefficient way of spending tax payers money. Anyone who deals with government departments can tell you some crazy stories of waste. An example here in this country is of schools renting portacabins for 30 years for crazy prices instead of building extensions. The cabins would rot, be replaced with new ones and the department of education would pay for rent on both. Incredible waste. That's type of thing happens all the time.
Income taxes are inherently regressive. That's why they are structured the way they are.
They're just funny at this point. Like spoiled lil kids at Walmart throwing a tantrum
Unfortunately there is a small segment of this country who'd rather pay millions on fake wine or own 11 homes rather than bring the rest of society a little closer to them. These people largely were born into true wealth (billions not millions), and never had to work the 60 hr weeks you do, or put the effort into making a small business run.
Regressive taxes literally means taxing a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes... the proportion of your income due as tax is progressive, not reggressive. You are taxed a larger percentage as your income increases.
Wanna try again?
And no, Apple Suppliers are not all angles and there are many industries were workers are exploited, partially due to the pressure from western companies.
And finally, what you refer to as socialist countries is a bunch of corrupt dictatorships. The proposals B Sanders, for instance, has are middle of the road in Norway. Nothin extreme.
Look at Amazon; the public pick up the cost of looking after their employees because their wages are so low and conditions so bad they can't live a decent standard of life. This happens all over and with all the large companies.
If you get right down to it, it is socialism for the corporations and neoliberalism for the rest of us
The 1980's called, they want your views on global macroeconomics back. But yeah, lets be regressive against current trends. That always works out well. You better go pick up your phone, I hear Alex Jones calling! MAGA WINNING!
Lots of times in politics people will accuse somebody of something horrible when they're actually the ones doing it. Classic tactic in all this bullshit.
That said, apologizing for the result of a democratic process (however broken you view it) seems unnecessary. Unless you are apologizing for not taking part in that process, you are only accountable for your vote...can’t control everyone...if you could, th commander in cheese would have by now...
On top of that, there is evidence that Jill Stein was working with Putin to do just that in swing states. She and the green party campaigned hardest in swing states. If they were really trying to get that 5%, they should have focused on safer states like california where their money would have gone further. But they didn't. Combine that with the pictures of Jill Stein sitting with Putin, and i'm pretty sure Putin succeeded in co-opting the green party specifically to divide the liberal vote.
If you want a 3rd party to challenge the status quo, don't vote for a 3rd party, vote to change voting systems to ranked choice, or some other system that doesn't reward the most ideologically opposed party when you vote for a 3rd party that you agree with
Funny how everyone loves Trump forever. Super public figure. But the minute he goes up against the dems...he's Hitler. Doesn't add up
I do think countries should at least bring in socialist elements though, like public healthcare. The inequalities in health between 'classes' are a major problem even with free healthcare, so I dread to think what it looks like in a country like America where many cant afford healthcare
The left took that money and will need to raise taxes. See California gas tax.
The road to serfdom/hayek-good book
Ok... so you don't know what regressive means then.
"Proportionally"... that means as a portion of a thing. For it to be regressive, the poor would have to be paying a larger percent of their taxable income than the rich. Ipso facto, a flat tax is flat... not regressive.
Beyond that... Your discretionary spending isn't a relevant component of tax code. That's the economy of scale. What's next, you're gonna want more from married folks because they're a two income household with more discretionary capital available to them through pooled living expenses than would be available to a single individual?
Here's the problem Chad, you want to have equal results to those who've achieved more than you but without matching their achievements. You're demanding the product of someone's work at a lower value than the market has established... effectively declaring that you are my deserving of what they earn then they are.
The poor use the same infrastructure as the rich, and use vastly more social services... so the wealthy already pay more than their "share" considering what they get back. If we each put $10 into a savings account but you're spending $15 while I'm spending $5, how are you gonna say that I'm not paying enough?
In the end, you're discouraging effort and disincentivizing innovation and advancement just because you feel entitled to what you've never earned. Never gonna happen buddy... We'll give you an equal starting line, but we're not gonna throw the race just because you're not fast enough to win and feel sad seeing us out ahead.
Tell me though, seriously... which part of the universally resurgent US economy is it that has you so upset? Which record setting jobs or economy figure supports your stance that this isn't working out. Are you just mad cause the TV tells you to be mad or can you actually conceive of and verbalize a valid complaint?
Reagan's term ended in a recession. GW's term ended in a recession. Deregulation and trickledown economics always sees short term gains that end up bankrupting the middle class while the wealthy walk away with millions.
Equality means you and I both line up at the trailhead with the bikes we brought and we ride down the same trail to the same finish line.
Equity is we both line up at the trailhead and you say "shit, I brought a xc bike instead of a dh bike... somebody give me a bike... and you've ridden here before so you have to spot me 30 seconds... plus, you're younger than me and look like you're in better shape so you need to spot me another 30 seconds on top of that"... and then we ride down the same trail but you aren't paying attention and crash so you demand that I stop and wait for you to get back on your bike but, since you crashed I have to give you another 30 seconds... and then if I get to the finish line first you say it's because I cheated.
Equality means we all get a shot and we all play by the same rules... if you were born super smart you've got a better shot at some things than someone dumb... if you were born super athletic then you've got a better shot at some things than someone born clumsy... if you were born gorgeous then you've got a better shot at some stuff than someone born ugly... and if you were born to rich parents you've got a better shot at some stuff than if you were born to poor ones. But, however you were born, you've got the same chances as everyone else like you. That's essentially what we have.
You claimed income tax is inherently regressive. Your words. That is factually inaccurate. Unless the tax is regressive, it is not regressive... that's pretty basic logic. Our current tax code is progressive and, the flat tax you brought up would be flat, again not regressive.
I've made no statement regarding the burden of tax payments. The burden of equality isn't something I'm worried about nor something that affects me. What affects me is that I'm presently paying 28% of every single dollar I make to the Federal government and can't make more money without paying 33%. See how the number gets bigger as I make more, that's progressive taxation... and that's before CA jumps in.
From each according to their ability, to each according to their need is socialism... it doesn't work. It's been tried. Move to Venezuela if that's your thing. Equality is we all pay the same percent.
Now... as for all that stupidity attempting to justify your ignorance. I'll counter your list of idiotic "why in the world would we have" with... "why in the world would we have" things like interest deductions, amortization of capital expenditures, charity exemptions, investment exemptions, etc, etc, etc that target only those with high levels of discretionary capital if what you're saying is true?
Here's the answer for your idiotic question... because people voted for it, welcome to America! Who are there more of voting, rich people or poor people?
It's time we're honest with ourselves, this planet is vastly overpopulated... it is not possible, even theoretically, to provide for everyone at the same level. Earth overshoot day was 1st August this year. Think about that, we used up 1 year of earth in 7 months and folks think that the answer to the unease in this world is that we need to give all the havenots more? Our modern obsession with feelings, with making sure everyone feels that they're treated fairly and equitably will literally lead us to extinction if we don't check ourselves.
In terms of basic ideology, I agree with you all... it'd be rad to give everyone everything and we all have wicked cool lives and everything is great. But, in the reality we occupy, that's flatly impossible in the foreseeable future.
Explain how he's decisive please. Pretty sure it was Maxine Waters telling her base that Trump ppl aren't welcome. Lil. You have it so backwards.
Just out of curiosity, would you also consider something like requiring practicing physicians to have malpractice insurance to protect patients an attack on freedom? I mean, do you think requiring insurance in general is the attack or was it something specific to driving?
Sooo as a Canadian we voted that anyone who has health (everyone) should also have insurance for said health.
I just don't see the loss of freedom by making sure everyone has coverage for health, you have to have insurance for all types of things as you pointed out.
what about if everyone committed to a much more modest lifestyle and wasted less? it would likely be a decrease in living standards for many so I'm wondering whether it's really impossible, or just unpopular (and therefore made impossible)
people would question why their lifestyles are being worsened to support the less fortunate, but its only civilised! In the UK, people moan.. but most are pleased of the social safety net that exists if they might end up on the streets.. knowing that if the worst happens, they can get healthcare and money to live... so they're happy to pay taxes even when they increase to support a struggling health service.
not just that, but you can walk down the street knowing that everyone in the country is looked after to a certain extent... how does it feel to walk past a homeless person in the US who is clearly unwell and cant afford healthcare. It shouldn't rely on the good Samaritan types, it needs to be a collective effort.
and I suppose one might ask, an effort towards what? to them struggling on, having struggling kids.. burdening society even more? no.. in an effort to improving their lives and not leaving someone born less fortunate to suffer without a chance of improving it. Yes there will be people who take advantage (scroungers) and people who dont use the support fruitfully.. and that part of the system needs work, but thats no reason to assume everyones the same.
the inequalities in health and education (being the most impactful on someone's life chances) are tantamount to survival of the fittest, which may work out most efficient but I don't think its humane
As for the health care comparison, you're again conflating vastly different things. In car insurance, I am required to pay to protect you from damage I cause through irresponsibility or accident. I am forced to pay to protect you from me in the event I cause you damages. In healthcare, you are forcing me to pay for the state of your health regardless of responsibility. I am forced to pay to protect you from you in the event that you cause you damages.
It's a simple question of responsibility. Car insurance is me securing financial responsibility for my actions... health insurance is me securing financial responsibility for your actions.
I really don't care, there isnt a word salad you could create that would make me think that everyone having healthcare is an attack on my freedom. Only some other Americans will see it that way.
Yet you still won't let someone bleed out in the ER. I don't get it.
I would say your head is way up your ass but I bet it's no bigger than the other dingleberries in the area.
Universal healthcare is you saying you cannot be held responsible for your health and need to be provided for. Here in the United States, we say that folks become adults at 18 and they're expected to act like adults, and take responsibility for themselves as opposed to expecting to be provided for, within a reasonable window surrounding that age. If you prefer to be a dependa here in the US, you've gotta marry into the military... then you get a cool card to prove you're a dependa who's not able to take care of yourself and everything. There's special facebook groups for you and all sorts of cool stuff... but, for the majority, we expect adults to be independent and self-sufficient as nature intends.
That's not word salad, that's just basic logic.
But here's where your idea gets even worse... if someone's a fat piece of shit who's never done an exercise in their life, who eats two buckets of chicken a day and weighs 400lbs, then they're gonna require a greater share of healthcare but they're the most irresponsible and least deserving based on merit. In many cases, their greater need complicates and delays care for those who have been more responsible in maintaining their health. So, even setting aside the basic financial inequality of what you suggest, there's a huge moral inequality presented by offering a higher level of services to those who've done the least to earn them and sacrificing the opportunity for care to those who've done more to earn them. In the pursuit of equity, you undermine equality AND introduce inherent inequity.
Logically, rationally, universal healthcare is a terrible proposition and runs counter to any pursuit of equality or equity purely in the name of emotion. There's simply no case to be made for it other than "I feel bad seeing people suffer", which is fine but it isn't a logically reasoned case.
Do you know how insurance pools work? Do you think what you pay for in insurance you get equal product or service back? Sounds like you do.
Nothing about insurance is "financial equality" and that is kind of the point.
You f*cking walking Vagina.
What you meant to say was: 'Dear World'
S-U-C-K I-T!
Feel free to send back the BILLIONS of $$ we send YOU every year. Oh, don't have it?
Okay, how about a nice hot cup of SHUT THE f*ck UP then?
The Silent Majority has once again spoken up, and the rest of you can accept it, or quit BEGGING for our money.
This would be the very same Silent Majority that since WW2 has kept its mouth shut and gone to work every day so our country has the money to save the Euros from the Germans-TWICE in 20 years- and joined the military to take out whatever current looser the Euro's are bending over for this month
I personally did my part and put my time in the military, and not ONE of the thousands of fellow veterans I've met would EVER 'apologize' to the world, so don't make the mistake again thinking that you speak for REAL Americans.
And I have a suggestion for you:
The next time you get the urge to show your vagina to the 'world', how about instead just thank a vet for providing you with the freedom that allows you to choose to be a gigantic PUSSY...
I correctly pointed out the criminal we have in the White House and you somehow took it as an insult towards the military. Trump dodged the draft on multiple occasions. He's done nothing for vets since taking the White House. He scammed dozens of vets with Trump University. You have some serious issues but hey thanks for showing the rest of the world how unstable and illogical Trump supporters are.
Taiwan as far as China is concerned is China.
The Taiwanese don’t think they are part of China, that sort of thing happens all over the place.
Also, he is a rapist. Child or not I can't say. But paying his way out of the court case with Ivana, who under oath swore he raped her is absolutely the actions of a very guilty man trying to buy his way out of trouble. Never mind all the other blatantly real assaults and childish pussy grabbing 'locker room' talk....
Oh, CAPS LOCK ENDING!
It is exactly that kind of one-eyed viewpoint that is the problem.
[can't cite actual numbers or real facts]
[overcompensates by calling being pussies/vaginas/libtards/weak, insulting public schools]
[skis in jeans, takes 3 runs on a groomer while wearing a college football jacket and yellow tinted goggles on a bluebird day]
god i love them.
Selective facts, sub-teenager level insults.... It's all just so typical.
Haha might want to make sure your post is correct before commenting on somebody else’s education.
Such broad negative impacts to the US by this Administration. I'm not really much of a conspiracy theorist but make you wonder if there's something to this ass-hat being puppeted by Russia whether it be over owings/personal threat or whatever.
This guy has got to go asap. For all you Americans with your heads on straight, we're behind you here in Canada.
My take: The ultra wealthy have no concern for the common man beyond their immediate social circles, which means they will spend their money on their private schools and private communities, ensuring that the elite stay elite and the gap widens between the haves and the have-nots. They also have no interest in investing in common infrastructure through taxation and other means, key items to the success of businesses and quality of life, and despite profiting off of that infrastructure. Very few care about the decline of the regions around them so long as they are able to maintain the same elevated quality of life behind the fences of their gated communities. They see themselves as having very little moral or civic obligation to the regions in which they reside, and are increasingly disconnected from the concerns of the common man by the virtue of their privileged, sheltered existence. Now ask yourself if someone like Trump, who grew up wanting for nothing, had every advantage handed to him, whose offices are literally gilded in gold, can relate to any of the struggles of the common man struggling paycheck to paycheck, despite campaigning on their behalf. It's amazing to me that people think he has their best interests in mind.
"In the past, it was the "revolt of the masses" that was seen as the threat to the social order [...]. Today, however, the main threat seems to come from those at the top of the social hierarchy and not from the masses." According to Lasch, the new elites, i.e., those who are in the top 20% in terms of income, through to globalization, which allows total mobility of capital, no longer live in the same world as their fellow citizens. In this, they oppose the old bourgeoisie of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which was constrained by its spatial stability to a minimum of rooting and civic obligations.
Globalization, according to the sociologist, has turned elites into tourists in their own countries. The de-nationalisation of society tends to produce a class who see themselves as "world citizens, but without accepting ... any of the obligations that citizenship in a polity normally implies". Their ties to an international culture of work, leisure, information - make many of them deeply indifferent to the prospect of national decline. Instead of financing public services and the public treasury, new elites are investing their money in improving their voluntary ghettos: private schools in their residential neighborhoods, private police, garbage collection systems. They have "withdrawn from common life".
Composed of those who control the international flows of capital and information, who preside over philanthropic foundations and institutions of higher education, manage the instruments of cultural production and thus fix the terms of public debate. So, the political debate is limited mainly to the dominant classes and political ideologies lose all contact with the concerns of the ordinary citizen. The result of this is that no one has a likely solution to these problems and that there are furious ideological battles on related issues. However, they remain protected from the problems affecting the working classes: the decline of industrial activity, the resulting loss of employment, the decline of the middle class, increasing the number of the poor, the rising crime rate, growing drug trafficking, the urban crisis. The result of this split from the top of the scale is that no one has a likely solution to these inextricable problems and that there are furious ideological battles on related issues. At the same time, “middle Americans, as they appear to the makers of educated opinion, are hopelessly shabby, unfashionable, and provincial, ill-informed about changes in taste or intellectual trends”.
Sidenote: Just remember that the fall of major empires and economic collapses were often preceded by vast amounts of income disparity and we're at the highest point we have ever been, with the vast majority of wealth concentrated at the top. I do OK for myself, and am not asking for wealth redistribution (as I feel the government isn't necessarily the best custodian of money, and it's not about robbing the rich to give to the poor), however I also see no benefit to decreasing the tax burden on the ultra-wealthy so they can buy more mansions and yachts and live more lavishly. Look at Trump's latest tax cut plan and tell me how most Americans will benefit from that. If you think the elites will invest that money in you, you're delusional. What needs to happen is a course correction in private business. Ironically enough we have salary caps for professional athletes, but not CEOs, etc. And I do believe the top should pay more money, not because I believe in punishing success, but because it's a drop in the bucket to most, it won't affect their lifestyle AT ALL, and they are the ones who most benefit and profit from efficient infrastructure.
Now if you really want to end corruption in government, from both parties, cap campaign finance contributions for individuals and corporations, ensure every contribution has a public disclosure document, with a signature of contributor (to avoid shadow donations and enforce accountability), make it illegal to funnel contributions through shell corporations, and ensure politicians can't be bought by private interests before they even make it to office.
Best thing I've read on PB since someone said HUCK YOUR MEAT!
I mean that as a compliment. It's too bad most people don't see things for what they are.
Ultimately, this is Capitalism. Not a good system.
Of course - I stole it.
I know basic economics is tough on you kids but try and keep up.
I think the fact that I just bought the 63 people in my office lunch while you're feeding your kids with food stamps pretty definitively says which of us is better versed in economics and finance.
I get that your feelings are hurt because you look foolish for not knowing what regressive means but really, all you've managed to say is that you're angry that you're poor. I remember when I was poor and angry about it. But, instead of having a tantrum that folks like me worked hard and lifted ourselves out of poverty, you should spend more time worrying about improving yourself... do it for your kids.
if you go up into a higher tax bracket, you DO NOT pay additional taxes on the money in the lower tax brackets
the highest federal tax bracket is 37%. lets say your new raise pushes you up into that 37% bracket by $20K, you will pay an additional 37%x$20,000 = $7,400. the money below that tax bracket isn't suddenly taxed at the higher rate.
you realize how bad not knowing this simple concept makes you look, right? it makes it pretty obvious that you don't understand much about anything...
youtu.be/AhgR3X--bbY?t=24
Time to admit you were blatantly wrong about this. Now, you were 100% sure you were right, it just FELT like you were right, right? How could you be wrong? You're so amazing, so everything you think must be correct, right? But it turned out to be dead wrong.
Maybe it's time to think about all the other things you are 100% sure you were right about?
So... my possible misinterpretation of the tax schedule notwithstanding, the point remains the same. Income tax is still progressive ...not regressive.
Careful you don't blow out that your shoulder patting yourself on the back though. I know it's a big day for someone when they manage to prove me wrong but, take some time to enjoy it... don't burn it all in one smoke.
i don't care what you think is happening, maybe your boss is screwing you over, trying to convince you not to ask for a raise, but taxes do not work that way. an 8% raise doesn't go almost entirely to taxes, whatever % of it goes to taxes is based on whatever tax bracket that specific amount of money is in. it has no bearing on the rest of your income
Perhaps you're not a reader. Here's what he said about taxes being regressive:
"Ughhhhh... You're gonna have to scratch the surface a little bit more my friend. A flat rate income tax (which is what I was referring to because you seemed to be advocating for one) has a much higher burden on folks with lower income levels, that's what makes it regressive. If everyone pays the same income tax rate, people who make $50k per year end up paying a far higher percentage of their disposable income (after living expenses) than someone who makes $200k per year. Dude, you're arguing that the sky isn't blue. This is literally why we have the EITC and other exemptions for low income folks, single parents, etc. It's the same reason why sales taxes are regressive by nature and necessities like food are exempt from them."
No shit I'm not an accountant, where have I ever claimed to be one? I stated the fact that taxes are not regressive and used my recent raise negotiation as an anecdotal example... it's nice to see that you've latched on to the semantics of my example in a desperate hope to prove me wrong on something, and congrats on doing so... it's rare but I'm certainly not above acknowledging it.
That said, it's still not relevant to the point. My accountant tells me i'm gonna lose roughly 65% of my raise in taxes if I take it in income, then i'm not gonna argue. My bad for assuming it was based on the tax bracket... ...but, regardless, taxes remain progressive and not regressive.
Was there a point? Taxes are not regressive... quoting it doesn't make regressive mean something different. Income taxes are progressive.
LOL listen to you! You just call people poor when you're cornered, that's all you got? I don't know you or care to know you, but I would bet my left arm that 62 out of those 63 people think you're a d-bag. The rest of the world can read people like you like a book. Look man, not that I have anything to prove to you, but just to point out how silly this is... I don't have kids, I live in one of the premier neighborhoods of one of the most expensive cities in this great country, as a hobby I travel the world chasing exotic fish on a fly rod, sometimes I mountain bike in those places too, and I'm fortunate enough to have a career that funds those seemingly constant adventures. I've probably caught fish in more countries than you've been to. It would be a challenging lifestyle to live if I was on food stamps...
I know basic economics is tough on you kids but try and keep up."
"It's adorable that you have yet to say anything remotely accurate but you want to question the expertise of others...
I think the fact that I just bought the 63 people in my office lunch while you're feeding your kids with food stamps pretty definitively says which of us is better versed in economics and finance.
I get that your feelings are hurt because you look foolish for not knowing what regressive means but really, all you've managed to say is that you're angry that you're poor. I remember when I was poor and angry about it. But, instead of having a tantrum that folks like me worked hard and lifted ourselves out of poverty, you should spend more time worrying about improving yourself... do it for your kids."
Good thing I learned how to copy and paste.
Where in any of that did I claim to be an expert. In fact, I pretty clearly established myself as being only "better versed" than someone I was saying is clueless... by any measure that's far short of calling myself an expert.
Economics is the volume of knowledge surrounding the creation, transfer, and expenditure of wealth... not your little cause effect cryfest.
Income tax is progressive, period full stop. No amount of your crying changes that fact. The effect of income tax on someone doesn't change the fact that income tax is progressive.
And I didn't call you poor, you called yourself poor... remember, earlier on when you were crying about getting bent over and needing food stamps to feed your kids? Or did you forget about that? I was just going along with what you claimed... ...and I guess now you're not poor anymore so, congrats on that. However, whether you're poor or rich... income tax still isn't regressive.
then your accountant isn't an accountant either. or they are skimming off the top. they are either stupid or lying to you. you're welcome. go find a new accountant, one that isn't your brother in law.
I've literally never once advocated for the flat rate... you keep claiming I have but nowhere have I said that. Really don't get what you're struggling with but, one more time... a flat tax would be flat ...not regressive. This is exceedingly simple, there is one way and only one way that income tax could be regressive... that's if the percentage of taxes went down as income went up. That's not the case in the current system and wouldn't be the case under a flat tax. You can accept that reality or carry on with your fantasy and rant about being on food stamps or not being on food stamps all day, but that reality will always remain reality.
What was that you were saying about reading and comprehending?
It's cute the way you two support each other though, adorable couple.
Although the United States has a progressive taxation system when it comes to income tax, meaning higher income earners pay a higher percentage of taxes each year compared to those with a lower income. But, you do pay certain levies that are considered to be regressive taxes. Some of these include state sales taxes, user fees, and, to some degree, property taxes.
Maybe this helps clear up some terminology issues that seem to be at the heart of this debate. I do find the name calling to be counter productive and any credibility is lost when people resort to petty name calling. Mature adults of any belief or political view should be able to have a constructive debate without resorting to childish insults. I know its PB and this is par the course lol
@scott-townes:
Iv'e read these posts for the past day starting with your opener, I don't even know where to begin. As a fellow Utard & "silent majority" member, you label me as "just angry, homophobic white men scared of losing their identity, right? " sexism tossed in as well." The "silent majority" today seems a lot like that Nazi party".
Are you KIDDING me? You don't know me or my family. My family and friends are so far from that statement it's a joke.
You "apologize for all Americans to the rest of the World"??!
On top of insulting me you insulted 3 generations of military in my family, Grandfather - WW1/U.S. Army/ France, Dad - Marines/Korean War, Oldest bro - Marines/Vietnam, 2 of them would slap the taste out of your mouth for the crap your spewing & 1 would gladly pay for a one-way ticket to another Country with a leader that doesn't suck so bad.
But hey, look at all the up-votes you got, right? …...and that's what probably counts in your World.
BadBadLeroyBrown, it's been a pleasure reading your stuff, seriously.
So, to quote two lines out of one of my favorite movies...….
BadBadLeroyBrown - "you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore" - (Taggart).
Scott-townes - "just goes to prove that you are the leading a*shole in the state!" - (Harriet Johnson).
Its my opinion along with a majority of Americans. I'm guessing Pinkbike gave me the right to post since its their website.
"Oh and don't ever speak for me again. Your a lil c*nt for doing that."
I'm sorry I took your thunder. If you want to make a post apologizing to the world for Trump's idiotic and treasonous actions, you're more than welcome to.
Judging from your past posts filled with obscenities and insults towards others, I think you're projecting pretty hard when you state all I post is negative stuff. Personally I think insulting that dictator loving, conman rapist in the White House is positive.
Literally everything you've said is either baseless vitriol or biased propaganda. Learn to think for yourself.
Except this is what Trump has quite literally done and said. I guess reality is now propaganda. Who knew.
1. You should look up "literally", it doesn't mean what you apparently think it means.
2. Even if your claims about Trump were correct, which they "quite literally" are not... that has no bearing on you flatly lying in accusing him of treason. You were unable to identify even one thing that could potentially be extrapolated to be considered treasonous... no matter how many lies anyone else tells, it doesn't make your lies suddenly become truth.
Seriously .
Maga
yes, he is a bit of a stalker
Bringing the truth. I'm no fan of trump, but he is creating a market correction in an economic ecosystem that's far worse than most people imagine.
These are all splashes, not drops, in the worlds economic pool. Kudlow works on Supply-Side economics which wedges that once firms reach an adequate level of aggregate supply, they will yield multipliers of their own expenditures. Relative to inflation, nobody quite knows when this effect kicks in. But it does.
Establishment Republicans like Paul Ryan despise Trump and are leaving the party ends masse. Trump is not what you describe him to be.
- How tariffs are important to Super Duper Boost Plus
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And other trenchant well-researched PB commentary and poignant economic insights from PB's inhouse economic braintrusts of highly paid transplant Aussies and Brits
Look forward to it!
Union wages have about f*ckall to do with it. Tax code. Its the tax code.
All this hate is really, really depressing.
Save your anger for the real issues, eg. faulty SRAM gear, and everything that Specialized does right and wrong.
I really needed that
And do you really think China has been the only one using questionnable strategies to boost their economy? It's a big game all contries play, they all have dirty hands, including (almost want to say especially) America.
China is nothing new, after WW2 american companies took massive amounts of tech to Japan to capitalize on cheap labor, when Japan got expensive we moved to South Korea. When Korea got expensive we looked for other options like Indonesia, China, and the Philippines. Do you really think China couldn't simply buy our products and reverse engineer them? They figured out a nuclear bomb 50 years ago for christ's sake.
America is the original currency manipulator, Nixon took off us a standard in the 70s. The anti-China narrative is a scapegoat for the companies that chose to move their manufacturing there to avoid paying american workers. Now those companies are going as far to move their IT, customer service, and accounting departments to India. Tariffs on China isn't going to change a thing, American companies will just go somewhere cheaper, they aren't going to bring those jobs back.
Of course comparative advantage will always win out in terms of outsourcing labor and production, but that doesn't negate the shit that China does.
Here is an example that is close to home for me.... I chase fish on a fly rod basically as a way of life. The fly fishing industry is a niche market, it isn't a high dollar money maker with massive corporations. Most of the companies are small operations owned by people who are passionate about the fish and the sport. But it is also a market where most of the participants have some money to spend on gear, so there is some meat on the proverbial bone. This has led to an influx of Chinese knock off brands that have gained a lot of traction. Here is a website (www.maxcatchfishing.com) of one of them. I can go through nearly every product they make and point to the North American or European product that it is counterfeit from. Some of them even have the exact same model names, others are disguised a bit better. Lots and lots of people buy these products, especially newcomers to the sport, because they don't know the difference. But this isn't a victimless crime. Most of those rods/reels/etc. have decades of R&D from people who dedicated their lives to it. Probably not unlike the mountain biking industry, although smaller. These products are not the result partnerships with Chinese manufacturers. These are the result of Chinese manufacturers identifying industries where they can take a percentage of the market share by cheaply counterfeiting products, and then ripping off a bunch of the most popular items available. The sh*t is uncouth man...
None of these are licensed and nothing is done to stop them coming it. Even the most niche of products which you would think people in China (which has no advanced farming industry to speak of relative to it's population) wouldn't understand or have heard about are copied. They literally get catalogs from established manufacturers and copy everything they make. Some of these products have taken decades to get to develop to this level.
And a huge amount of the market has been taken by this crap. It also contributes to our culture of waste as most of it lasts a fraction of the time of the proper stuff but customers can't tell it apart so they buy the cheap ones.
My Smash has been awesome and both the frame and fork (MRP Ribbon) are made in the U.S.
"The rebel spirit of Joe Strummer lives on in The Smash"
Picked up a Nicolai G16 MOJO edition last summer. Happy as a clam. It'll be about half a decade of incremental frame revisions from major plastic-y frame companies before geo numbers get close to what I have.
And once the prices go up, they can't just drop them again when the trade war blows over because that would ruin the bike shops who had to pay the tradewar price just to see their inventory value drop by 25%. So yeah, just the threat of a trade war can do all sorts of terrible things to the economy (i.e. China started sourcing soy from Brazil months before the first tariff went into effect which already hurt farmers in the midwest).
The good news is, the economy will probably sort it all out in 5 years. But in the mean time, its all F'd up for no good reason and we waste all that time just getting back to square one! In summary, don't put this on a bike company making the only reasonable decision to survive. If you don't like it, VOTE!
Really funny watching a minority of Americans come to grips with the Cheetoh Lord's simple-minded policies. Kinda like the farmers in the midwest crying on their soybeans because the Dear Leader's decisions are crashing the American soybean market. Boo Hoo I say. You voted for this, now suck it.
Go to any political form or even completely apolitical ones. When it comes to politics they always end up the same. People are incapable of being civil. But go ahead...divide your readership if you must.
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And you have to think about the market for these american brands. While small US brands like GG are almost exclusively catering the US market bigger brands like Santa Cruz are huge in Europe. They would lose that market pretty quickly to brands like YT, Commençal, Canyon, Cube... and that retarded trade war is not only going on with China but with Europe too...
Errr, a "bigger embarassment than Trump"? Really? I think that's a sizable stretch no matter where you stand.
I must have missed the parts where our Prime Minister:
- threw paper towels at hurricane survivors
- sided with a dictator over our intelligence community
- figured "arming the teachers" was a good idea
- took the side of white supremesists
- talked about "grabbin' em by the pussy"
- looked at an eclipse
- told everyone to vote for a pedophile
- denied climate change & rolled back environmental protections
- shit on the mayor of a major city after a terrorist attack
- banned dissenting journalists
- disparaged a patriot and POW for 'getting caught'
- called immigrants rapists
- and on and on and on and on...
I mean sure, our PM did some dumb shit on a trip to India, but to compare him unfavorably to Trump is rather disingenuous. Donald makes more of a fool of himself almost every time he tweets.
I agree with 25% of the DT has done for or to the USA. And I agree politics aside he owes John McCain more than an apology. John McCain is a national treasure, like all vets that had to endure capture.
"Do you think arming a qualified teacher is a bad idea?"
Of course I do. I think it's absurd. The rest of the world (including much of the US) is already aware of what is an objective and demonstrable fact: The answer to increased gun violence is not 'more guns'. Just as the solution to flooding isn't 'more rain'. The research has been done, case studies have been examined. To quote Game of Thones: "it is known".
But unfortunately, 'less guns' is not an option in America. You won't convince a gun-loving American of the need for sensible restrictions any more than you'll convince a coal worker that climate change is real. Denial is tied to their sense of self and well-being. You can't expect a person to be impartial.
Which is why I'd never presume to convince anyone of any argument for or against guns in a Pinkbike comment.
But the beauty of this is that a person can ignore the issue of for/against guns in general and just break down the concept itself and see how ridiculous it is.
Ok, so we have the American education system - a system that has a hard enough time even finding competent teachers - and now we are going to expect these people to also be responsible, trained, reliable gun operators? Holy hell. If a person is carrying a weapon around children, he or she better be of the same or a higher standard than law enforcement. And who honestly thinks that will be the case?
I know the media and politicians love to deify teachers, but they are just like any profession - there are good ones and bad ones. We all know this as I'm pretty sure we've all attended a school at some point in our lives.
But now, Mr. Matthews, who is busy day-drinking because he can't get his class to give two shits what a fraction is, is gonna be packing heat. Awesome. Problem solved.
Seriously, only in America is this the answer. Let's further desensitize and normalize the use of guns in regards to kids, and ensure every adult in their lives is strapped. Because guns are cool. America. Who cares if the modus operandi of your average school shooter is to get in, do damage, and die - we will discourage them by making the last step a bit easier!
Here's the thing: if you regard mass school murders as such an inevitability that you need to arm the teachers, your society has screwed up somewhere along the line. You combat school shootings by reducing the amount of school shootings - not by turning the school into a warzone. This is how it is done everywhere else. But, limiting a psychopath's access to assault weapons isn't an option because NRA, because freedom, because AMERICA!
This is the absurd reality we live in. Don't have kids.
That being said, for some people Trump can do no wrong. He could come into their house, throw their baby down a flight of steps, and somehow convince them it was fake news.
jalopnik.com/tesla-wants-a-china-plant-as-trade-war-spikes-car-price-1827473087
Then actually post on the page they complain about...
Yet still failing to realize that political issues always affect everything and everyone on some level at some point in time.
Yes people, it’s time to start adulting.....even on P.B.
*zing*
Shit, most good welders won't touch a job for less than $50/hr total package.
I agree that taxes should be placed on countries that have led standards than Europe or others but you can’t at the same time lower your own standards, Blöcke everything and be the bully. It will at some point back fire.
A failed bike: dead.
The quality standards are also typically held up the designer/bike company’s end
I have a Yamaha sax and a cheap Chinese sax, yes the Yamaha sounds and feels better than the Chinese one but the Yam was also 8 times the price. To be honest for the price I'm amazed that the Chinese one sounds as good as it does for the money.
The toy industry is the most telling. I used to work for a toy importer/distributor. The bosses would travel to Chinese toy fares where they met with the manufacturers and discuss future products. Whatever product they made, they had varying quality levels to match whatever price point you wanted to pay. Two people could be selling the same toy (visually) here in the UK for two different prices, but at wildly different quality levels.
and it's not like Giant makes an "All usa bike" and an "All china bike"
but Jackson guitars do that exact thing.
Ones $2k and the other is $200, but plays like $200 for sure.
same for ESP.. I have an LTD and it seems fine, but I would love to try an ESP
yessir, I've had both a true japanese ESP and an american Jackson over the years. Both I think are better quality than many USA Gibsons. To your point I think LTD's have a bit more quality than a chinese jackson.
Ya man !
There is a chance that Taiwan will benefit, to an extent, from the US trade measures. We expect the imposition of tariffs to shift US demand away from Chinese-sourced goods and towards cheaper alternatives, potentially providing space for Taiwanese firms to capture US market share. Trade tensions will also create urgency for export-oriented multinational companies to insulate their regional supply chains from trade tensions; relocating to Taiwan would allow companies to maintain a regional presence, with minimal disruption to business operations, partnerships or consumer segments, while avoiding the brunt of trade tariffs. This would be particularly salient should US and Chinese tariffs come into effect without a clear
channel for resolution in the medium term, which is a likely scenario in our view.
"We" = the Economist
Let's stick to riding bikes.....anyone have a good ride today?
EEC has tariffs on Chinese goods and they still find their way here, any final consumer is well aware that ordering directly from China is a lottery because there's probably 90% chance your order gets stuck at customs and to retrieve it you have to pay VAT (most cases more than 20%)+ Customs fees.If its a business then they'll just pay VAT and then recoup it from tax deductions on their sale so effectively has almost no impact.
The article talks about a 25% tariff, but I'm guessing most companies will have ways to dilute this on their taxes, it will probably impact more on the final consumer only if he is ordering directly from China.
I do believe Mr Trump may have his flaws but he is not the sole purpose to this problem we are all facing today.
To put it quite simply I think that if you look at what you currently own (bikes, rinding kit etc) and can honestly say that it'll last you another 12 -24 months then make it last. In the mean time while your riding your current bikes/kit feel free to contact these big brands that deal with China and ask them for explanations into costs/working standards and pay and anything else that you would like answering. Now you'll have a greater understanding of why this is all happening and you will be in a much better position to voice your thoughts and opinions back to the companies (i.e whether you will buy from them again or not or what they need to change in order to gain your custom). Maybe with enough support a petition could be created? or the companies may listen to you all and act on our wishes.
We all forget that it is us who has the majority ruling over what happens to each and every one of us, no matter what country we live in or social status.
We could all act like full on neanderthals and stop buying from companies and sit on this popular mountain bike site (of which is 99.9% positively about mtb's) writing negative comments but that would do us injustice as were all better than this, aren't we?
"Historically, works of art and symbolic thinking have been held up as proof of the cognitive superiority of modern humans – examples of the exceptional skills that define our species. Neanderthals, by comparison, have suffered a bad press since the first skeletons were unearthed in the Neander valley near Düsseldorf in the 19th century. While the German biologist Ernst Haeckel failed to convince his fellow scientists to name the species Homo stupidus,
Neanderthals were previously described as incapable of moral or theistic conceptions, and depicted as knuckle-dragging apemen.
“To my mind this closes the debate on Neanderthals,” said João Zilhão, a researcher on the team at the University of Barcelona. “They are part of our family, they are ancestors, they were not cognitively distinct, or less endowed in terms of smarts. They are just a variant of humankind that as such exists no more.”
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www.pinkbike.com/news/the-stevie-smith-memorial-park-hosts-red-bull-pump-track-world-championship-qualifier.html
electrek.co/2018/07/20/europe-e-bike-china-dumping-tariffs
I have not seen any article on pinkbike about that ...
& I'm well aware most of the posters on this site are way left leaning, and will disagree. But the beauty of it all... thats called free speech.
The Chinese have been literally ripping us off for decades. If you can't figure that out, you're part of the problem.
And will you have to increase your prices or would you simply keep at the same price to help the consumers and take a cut in profits......
Anyway, why support companies who only selling made in china stuff
American Cannondales WHEN?
Has there ever been a time in PB's history when the comments where this opposingly political?
@laxguy really not sure what you mean? we're posting slightly more industry news than we used to; this industry news today happens to involve politics. The last thing I can think of that was political was the Vista boycott news. If it's news that could affect mountain bikers we'll cover it. While I'm sorry that messes up your stoke space, mountain biking doesn't exist in a vacuum, and this kind of news is hardly "nearly daily".
Also, there's literally nothing but basic descriptions of the situation and a link to the government document detailing the proposal. I'm not sure how you can infer a "particular mindset" from that reporting.
@endlessblockades there's a ton of comments on posts like this, but not that many views. We post this stuff because it's our job to report things that could affect riders. It sucks that there's a lot of unproductive commentary on some posts, but there's lots of insightful stuff too!
Ok - just looking for an angle. There is quite a bit of interesting insight for sure. Rabid topics are probably creating a few more page views if only because when we log back into PB our dashboards are blowing up and we go check.
MSA DH will heal everything up and we can come back together in the Gravity Family.
@endlessblockades there's a ton of comments on posts like this, but not that many views. We post this stuff because it's our job to report things that could affect riders. It sucks that there's a lot of unproductive commentary on some posts, but there's lots of insightful stuff too!
Probably 90% of the material stuff we buy is made in China.
Trump is honestly retarded.
Buy local think global.
Peace .
Out.
They have been buying US National debt for decades. If they decided to call it in the US could never afford it and would default. China owns the US...
(This is a VERY simplified explanation but the gist do it is valid)
I mourn the future of the planet with some of the people currently in control of nuclear arsenals around the world...
I must be mistaken. I prostrate myself before your American superiority in all things & humbly beg for your forgiveness. I forgot that as Americans you cannot be anything other than the best at anything and everything. Ever.
More importantly though... why don't tell me how they plan to project that force? Millions of troops standing around mainland China isn't much of a threat to the US. How many bases around the world does China have staffed with their soldiers? How about you detail for me the Chinese fleet that'll carry their knock-off stealth planes and drones to within striking distance of the US. Detail for me the logistics chain that they'll use to transport millions of troops and supply them in the field. Detail for me where they attack to establish a foothold that allows them to land their troops and materiel in sufficient concentration to establish a perimeter and start building their strength.
You clearly know absolutely nothing about warfare. China's military is based around area denial and anti-access operations and has zero hope of launching an offensive against the US unless they're willing to be the country that pulls the trigger on launching nukes.
You asked 'how is China capable'. I answered. I never said that it was likely or viable. Obviously China's full
Capabilities are widely known and clearly they have no military secrets (and yet even the name if their secret service is unknown). Sorry 'General Leroy' your vast military experience sure put me in my place. Guess I better just stop & put my tail between my legs eh?
You claimed "China is perfectly capable of pounding you to sand"... that means that they have the capability to launch an attack that would viably reduce us to "sand". They do not have any such capability and will not have such capability for decades, fact.
Honestly, you should've tucked tail and thought better of it before you even made your first post, about things you know nothing about... but we're well past that. At this point, you can either just admit you're full of shit and don't know what you're talking about or you can try and pretend that you have some knowledge upon which to rest your absurd claim.
I gotta give you props on the full commitment... I guess if you're gonna say dumb shit, you might as well go all the way with it.
You think I actually give a genuine flying f*ck about any of this is amusing. Have fun shouting about all the 'fake news' you're exposed to and I'll just carry on enjoying life.
For the record, I don't think you give a f*ck at all actually. I think you're a thoughtless idiot who knows nothing but what he hears in the media that thought you'd run your mouth and, now that facts got you looking stupid, you're just spiraling down into a tantrum cause you're incapable of admitting you don't know what you're talking about. But... I have no doubt that you'll keep enjoying life, ignorance is bliss after all.
If you do raise prices, prepare to lose even more money when this backfires and people stop buying complete bikes every couple years and only spend money to upgrade their components instead.
Capitalism at it's finest on display here - "oh no, our stakeholders are going to lose a little money, so let's pass that extra cost onto the customer" - Tread lightly here mountain bike industry, you just might shoot yourself in the foot.
Here's another idea: Give me a reason why more bike companies can't manufacture in the USA? Oh wait, that's right, you went over-seas to make more profit in the first place.
(sarcasm btw)
NO?
So those tarrifs actually having a reverse effect on US production jobs but great for the tax man pocket?
Or is that fake news?
That new plant also will produce bikes solely for the European market and domestic production is going to increase with the introduction of four new bikes... with HD pinning big hopes on the new PanAmerica adventure bike to capture some attention from younger riders.
HD is the victim of their bad business and failure to innovate ...or keep pace with competition, not Trump's tariffs.
PS - The only reason HD even exists today is because Reagan took tariffs on foreign bikes from below 5% to over 49% in 1980 or 81... ...and because we devalued the dollar in 1985 which caused pricing on Japanese bikes to go up.
He won't be on the ballot in 2020. Word is after Trump is locked up the republicans are going to nominate Reagan. But once they learn he's not available their fallback is Putin 2020.
Enjoy.
The simple fact is this: large scale manufacturing jobs are not coming back to the U.S.A. Manufacturing might, but they will employ robots. Sorry to say, but Chinese workers are not the ones taking your jobs, its Programmers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSKi8HfcxEk&t=5s Here, do some learning.
Obama was the one who had no idea what he was doing. Same goes for Hilary and Kerry. They all proofed they were well out of their league.
@Scott-Townes please don't speak for all Americans. You are out of line sir.
Yes trump is a crypt jew. His daughter ivanka converted and jared kushner publisher who is currently senior advisor to his father-in-law, Donald Trump.
After quickly expanding the reach of Resorts International to Atlantic City in the final years of the 1980’s, Donald Trump found himself in financial trouble as the real estate market in New York tanked. The three casinos in Atlantic City, like other Trump assets, were under threat from lenders. It was only with the assistance and assurance of Wilbur L. Ross Jr., senior managing director of Rothschild Inc. that Trump was allowed to keep the casinos and rebuild his threatened empire.
philosophyofmetrics.com/how-rothschild-inc-saved-donald-trump-freepom
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You better make up for it.
I am Hispanic and have several Hispanic friends. None of us have died as a result of Trump becoming president. I'm from New Mexico, my family all still lives there. Last I checked, no one there was being killed on account of Trump becoming president in the place with the highest percentage of Hispanic residents in the country. So WTF are you talking about?!?
Caused by trump. I am mexican and yet blonde and white i have friends whiter than you killed by his a*shole tweets. You need to open your eyes and see the world as it is. Not how
It is run by wall street or the mob will take care of you and it surely will if you continue on this hayeful path.
Facts, they hurt my mind
And I'm not sure what skin/hair color have to do with someone being killed by a tweet. I may be light skinned, but my Hispanic wife is not and neither are some of my brothers. So again, I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to get across?