re: BMW "not budging" on Mexican plant

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So, Trump is proposing we pay more for our BMWs if they build in Mexico (cuz you know who ends up paying that tax, right?).

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No. The idea is that BECAUSE it costs 35% more, you will buy an American alternative.

You can't have it both ways. You can't complain about paying more for things while also complaining about jobs going overseas.

If BMW is much more expensive than its competitors, will those consumers just not buy a car? No, they'll buy Mercedes instead. Or Lexus. Or Audi, etc.

BMW wants to build a plant in Mexico specifically so they can sell those cars in the USA. Trump is saying you aren't going to live next door for cheap and sell us cars. You either sell cars to Americans from the U.S. or pay a tax.

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what better way to keep Mexicans in Mexico than them having jobs??

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Or just use the revenue from the 35% tariff to build the wall.

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Furthermore, this is not even an American company.

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So? The US is the largest consumer market. We have leverage to try to convince them to build their products that they wish to sell to us in our country

Here's what I would say to Trump:

BMW already builds over 300,000 cars per year in South Carolina, which is roughly equivalent to the total BMW sales in the US. Some of those US-produced cars are exported, and some Chinese and German-made BMWs are imported, but BMW is still making/selling cars at a 1:1 ratio in the US...

BMW wants to try and sell to to the poors a fake BNW Kraut machine

So, why buy the 3 series if it's the same price as the 5?