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Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 8: Bezos Takes Over the World

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aparch said:
Foxconn admits that it's not going to do any of their plans that buffaloed Scott Walker into giving them huge tax concessions.
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That's hilarious. Needs to be used as an anchor around any future Gooper challengers for governor since I'm sure they'll all be Scott Walker disciples, as well as on brilliant businessman Donald Trump. Why isn't he bullying Foxconnartists into living up to their agreement?
 
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Rover said:
That's hilarious. Needs to be used as an anchor around any future Gooper challengers for governor since I'm sure they'll all be Scott Walker disciples, as well as on brilliant businessman Donald Trump. Why isn't he bullying Foxconnartists into living up to their agreement?
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Walker and fellow Rs will, of course, say things unraveled because a D was elected Governor.

Walker was bad, bad medicine.
 
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I fail to see the problem here...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Elizabeth Warren's entire plan were enacted, roughly half the stockmarket and private-equity owned firms would be broken up, have some activities prohibited or face heavy regulation <a href="https://t.co/1a5CgJFgaH">https://t.co/1a5CgJFgaH</a></p>— The Economist (@TheEconomist) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1187687014453469184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
aparch said:
I fail to see the problem here...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Elizabeth Warren's entire plan were enacted, roughly half the stockmarket and private-equity owned firms would be broken up, have some activities prohibited or face heavy regulation <a href="https://t.co/1a5CgJFgaH">https://t.co/1a5CgJFgaH</a></p>— The Economist (@TheEconomist) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1187687014453469184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Probably most Americans outside of Manhattan and the Beltway don't either.
 
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aparch said:
French wine is subject to a 25% import tariff if bottled in 2L or smaller bottles.

A company in Florida gets around the tariff by ordering a tanker load of wine and bottling it themselves.
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Trump's trade policy is so screwed up. There's a tariff on electrical parts used to build lights for bicycles. So companies in the US that import these parts and assemble the lights here in America, with American workers, get hit with the the fees.

Completely assembled lights exported from Chinese companies have no tariffs. Making them even cheaper to sell here in America.
 
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rufus said:
Trump's trade policy is so screwed up. There's a tariff on electrical parts used to build lights for bicycles. So companies in the US that import these parts and assemble the lights here in America, with American workers, get hit with the the fees.

Completely assembled lights exported from Chinese companies have no tariffs. Making them even cheaper to sell here in America.
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Trade wars are easy to win! ...So long as Trump's not on your side.
 
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rufus said:
Trump's trade policy is so screwed up. There's a tariff on electrical parts used to build lights for bicycles. So companies in the US that import these parts and assemble the lights here in America, with American workers, get hit with the the fees.

Completely assembled lights exported from Chinese companies have no tariffs. Making them even cheaper to sell here in America.
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This is the kind of thing my coworkers would actually understand. The Dems should be getting this out there at the word of mouth level. I will research it and learn to answer questions and cite sources about it and talk to the locals.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boosting business investment was the entire purpose of the Trump tax cuts. All they have to show for it is $1 trillion deficits, which they will exploit to slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. <a href="https://t.co/KYekQHOme5">https://t.co/KYekQHOme5</a></p>— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1189531983476641799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Yes but Louise Linton was able to afford a coat made of baby panda fur so it was all worth it.
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boosting business investment was the entire purpose of the Trump tax cuts. All they have to show for it is $1 trillion deficits, which they will exploit to slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. <a href="https://t.co/KYekQHOme5">https://t.co/KYekQHOme5</a></p>— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1189531983476641799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I heard a startling statistic this morning. Capital investments were down over 15%. That's bad. Every one of those dollars gets spent multiple times over and generates revenue for the companies. It's also a sign that companies across the board are hoarding cash for the pending storm.

It's preparatory and probably necessary, but it has the effect of either causing or worsening the recession.

oof.

Edit: It was business spending on structures that was down 15%. Equipment was down 3.8%.
Edit 2: spending on structures was down 11.1% in Q2 too
 
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My company is about to make large cuts. They’ve done a great job of keeping it out of the public
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boosting business investment was the entire purpose of the Trump tax cuts. All they have to show for it is $1 trillion deficits, which they will exploit to slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. <a href="https://t.co/KYekQHOme5">https://t.co/KYekQHOme5</a></p>— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1189531983476641799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Correction: The STATED purpose of the tax cuts was business investment. Actual purpose: Baby panda coats for the 0.1%.
 
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FYI farmers. It’s all the Fed fault, not the tariff war!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">....our manufacturers. We should have lower interest rates than Germany, Japan and all others. We are now, by far, the biggest and strongest Country, but the Fed puts us at a competitive disadvantage. China is not our problem, the Federal Reserve is! We will win anyway.</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1189914359310553088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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