Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Mar 10 2025 09:10:00

> I think they are targeting specific things from 'Red' States that will
> cause the most annoyance/pain. Like Booze from Kentucky has pretty much
> been removed from our shelves here.

Which means they are missing the "Red States" that actually decided the
election... PA, NC, OH, MI, WI.  KY has very few electoral votes in
comparison to most of those.  We could go red, blue, or some other wild
color and we make no difference.

IMHO, they are targeting the little red states to posture that they are
doing something "vengeful" but are too afraid to target the states that
actually have many people living in them... the ones that actually decided
the election... that could actually retaliate back.

> MP>Funny because supposedly, per those defending the tariffs, part of the
>   >reasoning behind them was that we are importing too many "American" cars
>   >from Canada.  ;)

> Yes, as suggested above, we have been more partners than rivals so
> there may be some truth to that but I seriously doubt that building
> some of your cars in plants in Canada was simple charity to us..

I don't see it as a charity.  Maybe Trump does.  I suspect it more likely
made some sort of business sense, as you also do.  Businesses are generally
going to do what makes them money and less of what fits their political
ideology... that is, if they want to stay in business!  ;)

> The USA had also started building some car models in Mexico to save
> money but you ended up limiting that due to quality issues which,
> as mentioned earlier, is much less of a problem when they're built
> in Canada and the USA..

I would not have any qualms about buying an "American" car built in Canada.
 For that matter, I'd not have any qualms about buying a Canadian one but,
to my knowledge, there have been no Canadian specific makes/models since
the last years of Studebaker production.  ;)


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