Tires+Larger tariffs=price rise

Placing increased tarriffs on imported chinese made tires when the domestic tire manufacturing can not manufacture tires at a rate to replace the supply vs demand equation just means the consumer now will end up paying more for domestic as well imported tires. I have driven through Akron and see the empty parking lot at the tire plants mid week.

Will this new series of tariff increases help or hunder domestic tire manufacture, and our domestic economy, or just switch the primary importer to Mexico?

I still do not see any gain, ever since domestic auto plants switched to mexican and canadian plants and the lower import tariff than the Japanese and Koreans pay for thier imports. Why are the prices of Mex and CDN manufactured cars still based on the Detroit union labor rate?
$20.00+per hr, Union Rate vs .50 per hr Mex rate, and GM still can not make a profit on the excess.

China must of pee'd in Obama's cornflakes for this decesion, wonder what the exact motive is? Union pressure? Sure is not lowering the price to consumer.

Edited by oldsoldier - 13 September 2009 at 5:03pm

Your complaining that the government is trying to create more U.S. jobs?

No...it will not create more jobs, domestic early 20th century manufacturing plants vs newer mexican facilities by the major US manufacturers. Guess who gets the more jobs? And which country and persons gets more money, my money is Mexico and the major manufacturers big wigs.

BOYCOTT TIRES

lolumad?

oldsoldier should be president, he knows whats wrong with this country.

Lower Taxes in a democratic administration that relies on the dependant class voter to stay in power.....riiiigggghhhht (see ACORN). If anything they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and raise taxes on industry and the actual middle class worker to support all the new proposed programs for the "poor" and pay on thier deficet.

Edited by oldsoldier - 13 September 2009 at 7:42pm

Can't wait to the majority of you wide eyed know everything types actually break free of parents wallet, and try this social experiment without a financial "safety" net. Oh, you will just join those in the "dependant" class and demand that you are owed everthing at the expense of everyone else.

So what exactly are you doing about all these injustices, OS?

I'm intrigued, you must tell us more about this con job!