So, after performing all of my chores and watching another installment of \u201cLonesome Dove\u201d with Camera Girl, I checked on my feed on X.\u00a0 And Iowahawk was going on an anti-tariff rant.<\/p>\n
About six rants down he posted:<\/p>\n
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David Burge (@iowahawkblog):<\/strong><\/p>\n Sioux City used to have a Zenith TV assembly plant. Even if our patriotic trade war kills grain exports the farmers can get new jobs soldering Quasar circuits there after the revitalization of the American Console TV industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This was an ironical jab at our lost electronics manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n So, I replied:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n You want to know something?\u00a0 I\u2019d trade the circa 1955 economy, technology and culture for what we\u2019ve got now any day.\u00a0 At least you could tell a man or a woman by sight.\u00a0 I could do without the 80\u201d television.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, he replied:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n David Burge @iowahawkblog:<\/strong><\/p>\n If only I had the power to grant your wish I would give a personal time machine trip immediately<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I thanked him for this wish.<\/p>\n Then there were several other opinions and replies by me.\u00a0 See below:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Robert Longo @RobertL37046977<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve seen what those ten years look like.\u00a0 A massive heart attack at eighty is my exit plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Econymous @EHPlimsoll1<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n You can do that already. No need to force everyone else to live your chosen lifestyle. Cut you income by 2\/3, halve the size of your house, buy a crappy car, watch classic TV and movies, refuse any healthcare developed after 1960, and live in a conservative town.<\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sounds promising.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n RobustFeedback @FeedbackRobust<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Wait until your kid was diagnosed with leukemia, and instead of a 90% chance of survival, your child had a 4% chance. Or you had no ac when it was 98 degeees, with 70% humidity.Or until you had to work substantially more hours to feed and clothe your kids. <\/strong><\/p>\n Nostalgia is stupid.<\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNostalgia is stupid.\u201d\u00a0 Interesting statement.\u00a0 I could think of some counterexamples but then we’d just argue.\u00a0 I’ll just enjoy the thought of that console tv playing Bonanza on a Sunday evening with the family all watching together and roast beef sandwiches and pastries and coffee to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alboalt @albo_alt<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The post-war American economic dominance isn’t coming back unless you want to put huge chunks of the world back into communism and hoeing yam fields all day.<\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n I don’t want us to dominate anyone.\u00a0 I’ll settle for an economy that keeps men employed and families living comfortably.\u00a0 I don’t need to drive a Mercedes I can drive a Ford.\u00a0 It’s not as good but it gets you there.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Manny O\u2019Kelly @harshm1stress:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ok so you’re a white male and you’re looking to die around 65 am I hearing you correctly?<\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, then I missed my mark!<\/strong><\/p>\n Manny O\u2019Kelly @harshm1stress<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n there’s a lot you missed<\/strong><\/p>\n orionscoldfire<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing too important.\u00a0 The important things keep you busy.\u00a0 Everything else is just background.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n sum_dude44 @sum_dude44<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ah yes polio, nuclear annihilation, 10 hr flights to go 1000 miles, lead everywhere<\/strong><\/p>\n orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ah, those were the days.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Totally_not_a_Bot:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n sorry i used to be able to afford a time machine.. but these new tarrifs put it out of range<\/strong><\/p>\n orionscoldfire:<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m rooting for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WCB @Si3rraDrive:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s a pipe dream. Tariffs don\u2019t get you there, nothing gets you there. You can choose to make that life for yourself, but society won\u2019t be structured thusly.<\/strong><\/p>\n orionscoldfire<\/strong><\/p>\n Okay.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A @2006ImageMacro<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ve posted 4000 times in 3 years.\u00a0 You literally could not live in an environment that doesn\u2019t support your internet addiction<\/strong><\/p>\n orionscoldfire<\/strong><\/p>\n Mercy sakes!\u00a0 What can I do?<\/strong><\/p>\n A \u00a0@2006ImageMacro<\/strong><\/p>\n Hey I\u2019m sorry for some reason I thought you were being snide to Dave but looking now I see that I was shitty to you for no reason, my bad!<\/strong><\/p>\n Orionscoldfire:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n I was just putting in my two cents.\u00a0 No problems.\u00a0 Dave’s got definite opinions.\u00a0 If I get on his nerves, he can tell me to butt out.\u00a0 Or ban me or something.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n So, this is all very silly.\u00a0 David Burge (@iowahawkblog) is a favorite of mine.\u00a0 Back during the Iraq war, he was a humorist that poked fun at our enemies and even into the Obama years his satirical posts always made me laugh.\u00a0 Now he likes to identify antique cars from old family album photos and he talks a bit about Iowa basketball.\u00a0 He definitely isn\u2019t a fan of tariffs.<\/p>\n But it was just the sight of this 1955 television set that made me react.\u00a0 I was just thinking that if tariffs had kept American industry in this country, we\u2019d be 1000% better off than we are now.\u00a0 Apparently, most of Mr. Burge\u2019s readers disagree with me but apparently, I couldn\u2019t resist the urge to put in my two cents.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well, it was kind of fun.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n Neil Dunn commented:<\/strong><\/p>\n I want the USA to be as totally self sufficient production wise as possible. No more of China producing most of our antibiotics is my #1 example = some Pharma corporate<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, after performing all of my chores and watching another installment of \u201cLonesome Dove\u201d with Camera Girl, I checked on my feed on X.\u00a0 And<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,818,1263],"tags":[466,4304],"class_list":["post-32792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-ocf","category-stuff-that-personally-interests-me-miscellaneous","tag-twitter","tag-x"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\nexecutive(s) looking to increase profits, America be damned. Google \u201chow many American car dealerships are in Japan?\u201d. My Google answer = zero. And not one word about tariffs, but lots of other reasons. I say raise the tariffs on Japanese imports until Japan lets US cars into their market. And no more of the 80 year freebee Marshall Plan that taxes the US to make things easy for Europe and the UK. I think Trump was too kind with his Tariff plan.<\/strong>
\nAll barriers to entry from one country toward another country should be equal both ways.<\/strong><\/p>\n