re: Explain how we are in a power position if you don't have alternatives...

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Explain how we are in a power position when you don't have alternatives...

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Perhaps we should start by getting you to explain what you're referring to.

Products and Countries Which Are Exempted From Trump's Tariffs.

We're not in a power position. We gave it up gradually over decades and people thought we were doing fine because we consumed more than any other nation. People financially destroy themselves every day by living beyond their means and borrowing until they can't borrow any more. Countries do it too; borrow and/or print money until they ruin their currency. But we have ostensibly serious people who don't think it can happen to this country.

The logic, as I understand it, is that:

1) the US dollar is an all-powerful "Reserve Currency", and
2) We've been been borrowing and spending like drunken sailors for half a century and it's working just fine. (which is false, but these arguments aren't intended to work for everyone) and
3) The rest of the world needs us to buy their stuff using dollars which they can lend back to us so we can buy more of their stuff, so they can keep their jobs making more stuff for us to buy. If we attempt to sell as much stuff to them as we buy from them, then it becomes a threat to "the proper functioning of global finance", according to smart people like Mr. Macron. IOW, our role in global commerce is to borrow and consume now and hereafter, and there, apparently, is our position of power.

Hey hey now... Don't be attacking my entertainment! LOL

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Maybe the consumer should just not buy something if it is not a necessity, and the price is too high. What a concept, huh?

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As long as you understand that when we're talking about tariffs we're not just talking about finished products being affected.

We're talking about lumber, steel, rubber, aluminum, graders, cranes and other large construction vehicles, factory equipment and parts, medical supplies and equipment, and probably a couple dozen other things I'm not thinking of off the top of my head.

Sure, you can forgo buying Made In China fake rubber dogshit gag gifts and an even larger HD television.

But these tariffs could potentially cause the price of housing to rise even higher, they could affect commercial rent, which will then make everything produced more expensive, as well as services provided, they could cause the price of medical care to go up, which could end up causing your insurance premiums to go up even if you don't need care.

This is a much bigeer deal than, "Well, don't buy it then."

Power in position? How about access to a $30 Trillion economy? That’s not enough leverage huh?

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So what's a company like Boeing, who replies on PPG, going to do?

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Look around for a new supplier who isn't full of excuses as to why they can't deliver.

That is how it works in the purchasing industry.

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Then it is up to each individual consumer to decide what is a necessity to them.

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Thats how America became great. Not by State Nannysim which MAGA completely supports.

I think what will be interesting is how the factories increase production capacity in the US. Many of these manufacturers operate in multiple country’s. The factories in the most favorable markets are at max capacity. So now the US factories will ramp up to max capacity and costs stay the same. The reason it works is because it’s wide spread so it forces everyone to respond or not respond to us. It’ll take some time to settle it out but in 90 days it’ll settle and we’ll be cruising.

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Countries want into our markets.

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Which provides mutual benefits.

Yes!
On a level playing field.