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Old 11-30-2016, 06:09 AM
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Trump Delivers: Carrier Stays

Trump to Announce Carrier Plant Will Keep Jobs in U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/bu...n-us.html?_r=0

On Thursday, Mr. Trump and Mike Pence, Indiana’s governor and the vice president-elect, plan to appear at Carrier’s Indianapolis factory to announce a deal with the company to keep roughly 1,000 jobs in the state, according to officials with the transition team as well as Carrier.
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Old 11-30-2016, 07:05 AM
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I wonder what the deal is.
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Old 11-30-2016, 07:51 AM
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I'd like to see the details.
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Old 11-30-2016, 08:13 AM
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I'd like to see the details.


Don't hold your breath waiting on the details. There is no transparency with Trump.
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Old 11-30-2016, 08:20 AM
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Local Indy stations reported deal had more carrots then stick. My guess tax incentives the people of Indiana will pay or loose, not the 35% on products.


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Old 11-30-2016, 08:26 AM
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Showcase deal. Will he do huge numbers of deals, on the order of another trillion dollar 'bailout' of the economy?

Some in his admin will want to just order the $ from the Federal Reserve.
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Old 11-30-2016, 09:00 AM
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I'm glad to see these people got to keep their jobs. (Assuming they ALL got their jobs back.)

But, of course the question turns to........

How did that happen?

The board at Carrier had to be convinced this was a more lucrative move. So, what was the deal? Who got paid? Who had to give up what?

Also;

He now has millions expecting the same. ("I want my old union job back!") So, what now?

Is this actually a good thing, in the long run? (Inflation is a consideration, for starters.)

Renegotiating trade deals means convincing foreign governments that deals move favorable to us are in their best interest.
And that might not be so easy.
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This is emotional tear drop slight of hand.

Let us see the the structural changes P*ssy Grabber is promising.
You may want to look that term up Whell. Structural.

When Chevy starts closing its Chinese factories and bringing them back home and we export them to Asia on a big flat container ship I'll eat my Iphone,

Oh and the 35% tariff that the great swindler is always talking about. Let him get that through Congress. And if he does the trade war and rising prices will make our medicare vouchers so
affordable.
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Old 11-30-2016, 09:16 AM
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Don't hold your breath waiting on the details. There is no transparency with Trump.
That's my guess. There was some sort of payout to key people at Carrier and this is little more than a public relations stunt. I don't see him going around doing this at thousands of empty factories and mills all over the country.

But, that's exactly what a lot of people are now expecting.

We shall see.
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Old 11-30-2016, 09:34 AM
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This is emotional tear drop slight of hand.

Let us see the the structural changes P*ssy Grabber is promising.
You may want to look that term up Whell. Structural.

When Chevy starts closing its Chinese factories and bringing them back home and we export them to Asia on a big flat container ship I'll eat my Iphone,

Oh and the 35% tariff that the great swindler is always talking about. Let him get that through Congress. And if he does the trade war and rising prices will make our medicare vouchers so
affordable.
My guess is the overall scheme is a drawback from globalization to a more protectionist model. "Protectionism"......Something Conservatives have opposed for decades. Whether the Democrats get on board or not remains to be seen.

But, I'm with you. It's wonderful to see these people keep their jobs, but I'm thinking it's unrealistic to expect this same scene to play out in thousands of locations across the country.

And, then there is the potential for trade war.
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