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Squaredeal
(709 posts)21. Not to mention that there are many small American businesses that export their products to be profitable.
Export tariffs will harm them too and cause layoffs. Foreign buyers will get their machinery elsewhere and it may permanently destroy relationships with these customers. Without these sales, they may not be able to sustain their businesses and have to furlough skilled employees. Many small American companies have mature markets in the U.S. and depend upon their offshore sales to stay in business.
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And imagine being a soybean farmer and your crop is just getting ready to harvest. China doesn't buy your crop like
Walleye
Apr 2025
#1
Sadly, the corporations will come in and gobble up the farms that go broke. Vulture capitalism in on the menu.
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2025
#19
My Depression era parents told me this. If you were rich going into the Depression, you did very well.
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2025
#28
That has been going on since Nixon began ignoring small farmers and only provided aid to the largest operations and
ShazamIam
Apr 2025
#49
Reagan did that in the 80s. Now vantzy-pantz is poised to steal the family farms.
Clouds Passing
Apr 2025
#54
I guess they carry insurance for crop loss, but it will be much more expensive
travelingthrulife
Apr 2025
#55
Honestly, I think they will go ahead and vote Republican in the midterms. They can't help it brainwashing
Walleye
Apr 2025
#57
The corporations actually still have some power but they seem convinced
MadameButterfly
Apr 2025
#47
Travel from Canada to US already down somewhere between 19 and 34% in March and that is just a start
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#6
Damn. Looks like it's up to the Canadians to show us how to stick together. We're not doing it.
Walleye
Apr 2025
#8
Yes, good on the hundreds of thousands taking direct action, we must now kick it up to sustained millions.
Magoo48
Apr 2025
#16
Really great point. We are as divided as the Civil War and Drumpf's abuse has solidified our friends to North. Rightly
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2025
#20
How to unite the world: Insult every country, attack every country's economy, and proclaim victory. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#11
Thanks. Not touche, it is said in solidarity with the blue citizens of the US like you. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#13
Inquisitor Homan will meet his deportation quotas no matter who is swept up.
travelingthrulife
Apr 2025
#56
European visitors having their phones searched and getting turned away if they criticized Trump...
GiqueCee
Apr 2025
#15
Not to mention that there are many small American businesses that export their products to be profitable.
Squaredeal
Apr 2025
#21