Trump says U.S. likely to go ahead with tariffs on Mexico over immigration
So, lets look at why Trump may be doing this dastardly, horrible deed, which will destroy millions of lives. Simple: The deep state claws are so deep, they control so much, and the unrestricted influx of foriegners is one of their primary weapons in destroying national identity to facilitate a move to a world government. If you destroy a countries identity, and culture, you homoginize the social structure, then you sell the idea of why we need a world wide government to ensure everything is divided up "fairly". Thus the huge muslim invasion of Europe, the wars in the middle east to force them to run, the political upheaval in south america to force them to run. Do you see a pattern? How do you fight back when only 10% of the country may actually see the big picture of all the manipulation of the last 80 years? Force them to battle. The demorats already laid down the parameters, "No emergency, no problem at border, no wall", yet there is typhus and typhoid fever breaking out in LA and San Francisco (and never a word from them on that "crisis"). So, you threaten tariffs on a country that is owned by the deep state and facilitates their machinations by ignoring any "people issues" (after you got you socialist candidate elected, there), and hammer them in what will, if carried out, crash their economy, and those of the many companies in the U.S. that, funny, have the primary support of the deep state side (Unions). The auto unions will go nuts because they will be schizophrenic, Trump may force companies to come back to the US, good for their members, but also he may hammer them when companies lay off US workers because of dropping sales. This will play out in many industries and has 2 sides, makes it cheaper to grow food and make things here, because the tariffs kill off the cheap labor thing, and also will make the US safer because we no longer import huge food amounts from Mexico, where they can be contaminated (and sometimes are) by "nefarious means". How many Ecoli outbreaks were traced to stuff brought in? How easy would it be to lace it with something much worse? How do you detect it? The war goes on....
All in all, I'd rather be around those murderers deemed safe enough to be included among the general population than sneaky sociopath thieves.
This demonstrates that the global migration, at this pace, will be a bottomless pit, because even if we eventually empty out the northern triangle of Central America, there are unlimited regions in the world where poverty is pervasive and from which people will travel to seek the de facto amnesty being offered.
The per capita GDPs for Angola, Cameroon, and Congo are $4,247, $1,452, and $2,147 respectively – all below that of Guatemala. Would-be African migrants have so far largely lacked the family and friend ties the Central American and Mexican immigrants have after years of illegal immigration from those countries. Once the seeds from these newer countries are planted, there is nothing stopping the illegal immigrant chain migration phenomenon from spreading to other parts of the globe in the coming years.
But when it comes to countries like Congo, there is an entirely new dimension of concern – dangerous contagious diseases. While the problems of mumps, tuberculosis, scabies, and chicken pox from Central America are bad enough, the influx of African migrants takes the concern of contagious diseases to an entirely new level.
Congo is experiencing the worst Ebola outbreak in recent memory, with over 1,300 fatalities since last August. The Ebola virus is extremely deadly, and there are no vaccinations or reliable treatments for it. While CBP noted that the group of Africans was given a medical screening, the challenge with Ebola is that the initial symptoms are often unremarkable, such as such as fever, headache, and weakness, and are therefore difficult to diagnose shortly after the infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In fact, according to the CDC, “When someone gets infected with Ebola, they will not show signs or symptoms of illness right away.”
With family units being released within days, often within hours, how can our government be certain that Americans, not to mention Border Patrol and local health officials, are not being put in danger? This is why the law (8 U.S.C. § 1222(a)) requires the government to detain all migrants “for a sufficient time to enable the immigration officers and medical officers to subject such aliens to observation and an examination sufficient to determine whether or not they belong to inadmissible classes.” This was for all migrants. It was always presumed that we would never take in people from specific countries that were experiencing deadly epidemics.
I asked CBP’s press office whether CBP has a different protocol for dealing with migrants from Congo or other African countries with risk of diseases, such as not releasing the migrants as immediately as Central Americans. A CBP spokesperson replied that “the process is the same, officers and agents review all individuals they come in contact with for signs of illness and notify CDC as needed.”
Again, Ebola and many other illnesses are not apparent through immediate symptoms, and most of these aliens are not held long enough to fulfill the dictates of given the incubation period required. It’s quite shocking that country of origin would not play a role in either making these aliens inadmissible or prohibiting their release from detention
Here's my question. Why not just secure the borders? Looks like my annual trip down south may be cancelled this year. I am concerned about becoming a pawn...if you know what I mean?
We buy 70% of our components from China in order to stay in business. Take out China and our economy will crash. Eventually things will stabilize when made in USA returns but prices will be up to 3x higher than now
That said, I don’t think China is our friend, and I don’t like supporting their communist government at all. Our government is pretty stupid to print money as it does and waste it on socialist policies. Buying from Chiba has hidden the price inflation we should be experiencing but aren’t. Bring manufacturing back to USA and we will experience the full brunt of inflation that we deserve after all our deficit spending
Think China and the products flowing in from there, as an example.
We are importing everything from pocket knives to billion dollar bridges.
The Bay Bridge in SF was built by Chinese contractors. The contract was awarded to them due to the lowest bid..
During construction, it turned out there were faults in the foundation, then misaligned structures caused rejection.
Work had to be stopped, the faulty parts rebuilt, retested and qualified again.
In the end the project cost more than if they contracted it out to a US builder, who quoted a higher price but safer operation.
Cheaper import products are just that: cheaper. But if something is cheaper, there is a reason for that.
Look closer and you find the reason.
Those aren't the kind of odds I want in anything I'm not going to throw away when I'm done.
The Chinese economy is very competitive and prices and quality vary by vendor just as they do for USA mfrs.
I would estimate that most of home depot’s ( as well other stores) Offerings are made in China at this point. I can tell you that the parts we buy from China are 1/3 the price of ones actually made here and we specify and have gotten excellent quality.
It’s up to us to do proper sourcing and stand behind our products, no matter where we source our components.
Note Foxconn who makes apple stuff. Whatever they do seems to work. I haven’t ever had quality issues with my iPhones
It is well known that Chinese products are NOT as good as products made in this country and ignoring that fact would be a mistake.
You remember the Parker pens made by China decades ago, bypassing patent restrictions?
Everybody who bought them was aware they were not buying genuine Parker and they did not perform as well. But they were cheap.
If Chinese quality was so bad, we wouldn’t have lost our manufacturing sector to them. Remember that in the past American car quality was terrible and it took the Japanese to force Americans to keep even the fraction of it that’s left here
Biggest prob with Americans is that as a group we are entitled, not very ambitious, we disparage competition and capitalism
The Chinese are the opposite, which is why they are whipping our asses
No, they are not.
You obviously have an interest in promoting Chinese which is your business.
With all due respect I disagree with that assumption.
I am not promoting the chinese at all. I have had other businesses in the USA where we were vertically integrated and made everything right here in the USA. Its just not possible financially to do the same thing in our partly capitalistic welfare society- and stay in business against the chinese imports of finished goods that we have to compete with. I have thought every time I send money over there that I am propping up a vcicious totalitarian regime and it will come back to haunt us in the end.
In Nevada they just passed a minimum wage increase which will make it even more difficult to make things here.
As to the quality issues, have to stick with what I know is true at least in my personal experience. I agree that there is a common feeling that chinese stuff is cheap crap.
I think the whole offshoring phenomenon started with American worker entitlement- taken advantaged of by collectivists here looking for votes by promising freebies
The companies reacted by trying to get rid of American workers and finding places to manufacture that cost less, had fewer regulations, and reduced the cost of lawsuits
China saw the opportunity and to their credit supplied what the companies wanted. Mexico COULD have too but did compete with China very well. China’s communists saw the opportunity to get the peasants to make money for the government and let them rule the world
Our stupid government let it all happen by increasing USA worker expectations and regulations- feeding the fire of outsourcing
Tariffs are a piss poor way to stop this. We need NOW elimination if minimum wage, overtime laws, worker regulations etc
Chinese stuff costs 1/3 of what USA mfrs charge. 25% tariff is just a tax but does nothing to shift mfg back to the USA tariffs would have to be 300% to do that, and would result in unacceptable price increases here
I will grant you that our government was in favor of the shift to China. The cost savings to companies allowed for the inflation caused by the rampant printing of money to be hidden. If manufacturing came back to the USA, prices here would rise to the levels they should have been all along
The problem was caused by government policies and I don’t think it can be fixed by boycotting China or Mexico or Canada. We need a gold standard to allow costs in China to rise and equalize trade
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They also did dog food:
https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary...
https://pettreatinfo.com/melamine-in-...
One reason I refuse to buy any meat treats for dogs, that are not made in the USA, and there are not a lot of those. Best deal has been Costco chicken strips. Worst is going to Wal Mart where almost all are from China. Nope. Don't trust them at all.
Now what I'd really like to see is Congress - which has exclusive control over the immigration and naturalization laws as per Article I of the Constitution - change the laws and close many of the loopholes people are using. Here's my proposal:
If you want to enter the US, there are three ways you can do so. First is a tourist visa. That means that you can come in, stay for up to 90 days, and then you go home. Anyone found violating a tourist visa is fined $2000 and deported back to their home nation - with no possibility of further entry into the United States. Anyone found in the United States after being deported for tourist visa violation is tried as a criminal combatant by a military tribunal with a minimum sentence of five years in a military prison followed by deportation. A second conviction carries with it an automatic capital sentence to be carried out by military personnel.
Second, is a green card or work permit. Your employer must apply for one of these on your behalf and your employer's company takes full responsibility for your behavior while in the United States. If you commit a crime, not only will you be prosecuted for it but so will your employer. Green cards/work permits are good for one year but may be renewed repeatedly. A green card application costs the employer $1000 and must include fingerprints, full facial photo, and a negative drug screen.
Third is to apply for citizenship. You must apply at a US consulate in your native country. You may NOT apply for citizenship at the US border. An application costs $10,000 which - less a small processing fee - is held in bond against your activities in the US. All applications for citizenship are automatically declined if not sponsored by a US citizen. US citizens applying to be sponsors may only sponsor one individual at a time and take on full legal liability for the individual they are sponsoring for five years. After the application has been approved and a sponsor approved, the applicant is permitted to move to and live in the United States where they are on probation for that five years. During their probationary period, the applicant must take and pass civics and history courses designed to inculcuate the individual into the culture and history of America. Applicants must pay for these classes. Applicants are also prohibited from voting or receiving any kind of government welfare benefits, though they may receive funds from private individuals and charities. At the end of the five year probationary period, applicants must appear before an immigration judge and demonstrate exemplary conduct including continuous employment for not less than 48 out of 60 months, no history of altercations with law enforcement, zero felony convictions, fewer than three misdemeanor convictions (including traffic citations), and must then swear allegiance to the United States, renouncing any and all other foreign allegiances.
They have their share in the trappings and don't want to jeopardize it.
To hell with the country's interest.
The diseases that crop up after having been eradicated for half a century is only one of them.
Gradual conversion of neighborhoods to abide by Shariah law is another.
Put every and all aspects of life under a PC order is yet another.
This all have been carefully planned and implemented over time.
Trump is moving mountains. It is noisy and wrought with discord from the establishment whose very existence will soon cease to be.