Winning

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I said CNN was STARTING to get it. They aren't going to just roll over and start singing Alleluia, their readers would go ballistic. BUT my guess is that they have had more positive Trump pieces, and headlines the last few days then in the last two year. RCP economic polls, even CNN's all reflect greater than 50 approval for Trump's handling of the economy, and even general Trump approval numbers seem to have slowly climbing toward the 50-50 mark.

no it doesn't................

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/polit...ped/index.html

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

no it doesn't................

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/polit...ped/index.html

First that article was a month ago, kind of pointless to reference it.
Second, You have to look at the collection of polls.
realclearpolitics.com is a good neutral aggregator of all the polls in the country regardless of bias and they graph the tracking of the polls over the years. Nearly all the polls over the past 2 months have a steady 53percent negative similar to bush and obama at their midterms. Most have positives ranging from high 30s to low 40s. My point is that if all the polls have consistent negative rate, the unsure portion is likely trump voters who arent trusting pollsters.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

First that article was a month ago, kind of pointless to reference it.
Second, You have to look at the collection of polls.
realclearpolitics.com is a good neutral aggregator of all the polls in the country regardless of bias and they graph the tracking of the polls over the years. Nearly all the polls over the past 2 months have a steady 53percent negative similar to bush and obama at their midterms. Most have positives ranging from high 30s to low 40s. My point is that if all the polls have consistent negative rate, the unsure portion is likely trump voters who arent trusting pollsters.

Here is the link for approval of trump handling of the economy

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...182.html#polls

[Giantone]

Winning............,tariffs

Automaker Ford plans layoffs, blames Trump tariffs for $1 billion loss: report



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b01470d05445e5


https://www.nola.com/business/index....p_tariffs.html

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Winning............,tariffs

Automaker Ford plans layoffs, blames Trump tariffs for $1 billion loss: report



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b01470d05445e5


https://www.nola.com/business/index....p_tariffs.html

Nobody said bad businesses wouldnt be affected

From the NBC source article

Ford is lagging behind the competition, selling an anemic 32.8 vehicles per employee. Long-time rival GM puts out 52.7 vehicles per employee. But it's unclear exactly how improved efficiencies will impact potential job cuts.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Nobody said bad businesses wouldnt be affected

From the NBC source article

Ok, so are these 202 Companies bad businesses?



https://reason.com/archives/2018/09/14/tariff-victims

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Ok, so are these 202 Companies bad businesses?



https://reason.com/archives/2018/09/14/tariff-victims

I am sure some are and some are not, the tariffs no doubt will impact businesses. The company i work for buys hundreds of steel hangers a week from overseas, we have seen price increases, shortages, longer lead times. And so have our competitors. These arent unequal or unfairly added costs, so each company will make their business decusions to remain competitive. That is capitalist principles in action. Some companies will not remain, but the economy as a whole continues to grow and offer new opportunities for people throughout the country.

Is it your suggestion that, given the high economic growth and low unemployment numbers its not right for the US to make a stand against other countries unfair trade tactics with us?

If so, my question is if not now, when the economy has a resilience to handle the pressures tarriffs may create, then when would be the right time for the US to protect our country's industrial base from aggressive and blatantly unfair trade.