• Jaysyn@lemmy.world
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    This fascist waste of skin & oxygen just cost Georgia about $4b in foreign investment.

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    They were training Americans to do those jobs. That’s why they were there. She just f’ked the area out of manufacturing jobs.

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      Well sure but to be fair they didn’t have the correct visas. Most countries are anal about non citizens having the correct visas, especially while working illegally.

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    “So MAGA wanted tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the US. But when a company tries to open a plant here, MAGA undermines it. Once again you proved what an embarrassment your party is to our country,” a user wrote under one of Branum’s Instagram posts.

    Branum’s Instagram has since been set to private.

    I don’t mind the leopards eating HER face, but why do all her would-be constituients have to suffer for her racist idiocy? MAGA or not, people want that factory to run smoothly.

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      It’s more that it shows the idiocy of the current government.

      All those new plants will need foreign workers. Farmers need foreign workers. Big city delis need foreign workers.

      But they’re dead set on making the USA dangerous for foreigners.

      Well… They can go suck a $10 egg.

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      Her potential voters have to suffer for her racist idiocy because that was the choice she made. Her beliefs, her decisions, and her actions took options away from a lot of people. That’s the job she’s applying for, one in which she makes those kinds of decisions for about 800k people. I wouldn’t hire her.

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    She doesn’t care if Hyundai goes out of business because they don’t manufacture her mobility scooter.

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    I served this country and I’ll go down with the ship before someone silences me.

    That’s fine, but you don’t have to drill holes in the bottom of the ship just to get to your last stand quicker.

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      before someone silences me

      Might not want to say that out loud given recent events…

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    Hey, who am I to stand in the way of Georgia massively fucking over it’s local economy by letting discount Bandi Maxx here run Georgia Productions?

    It’s what they deserve after all and hopefully it’ll deter all companies to stop investing into white supremacy.

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    Gross. Why are maga dorks attracted to these types? They’re just so fake and plastic looking. Fake blonde hair and fake tits haven’t been in since 1999

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      It is very early in the morning so my memory may be effected, but if i recall correctly, you need to manufacture cars in the US because with little exception, foreign produced cars are subject to the chicken tax.

      Adding Trumps tariffs may lead to foreign manufactured Hyundais being unaffordable for Americans. And, as much as I criticize Hyundai and subsidiaries, they did jump into the EV game pretty early. It would be a shame to lose them in the US market

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          100% the only people losing are the American people so, yeah. I would pull out of the US market if I was in charge

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            Yeah but it’s business and Americans have money. Isn’t like 20% of worldwide consumer consumption from Americans still?

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              I’m not sure about 20% but with stagnant wages, Americans will eventually not be able to afford things. One of the first things to be cut will be items priced more than they’re worth (ie. Tariff + tariff)

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        When you consider the costs from building new plants, having a more expensive workforce, and that the raw materials are heavily hit with tariffs, it might not actually be more expensive to just keep it elsewhere.

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          It’s not about costs to corporate but about costs to consumer. Infrastructure investments come with a high initial cost but the cost is averaged(?) over time and becomes worth it.

          The chicken tax doesn’t go away and is a set percentage for the consumer. If the tariffs are found to be legal, then they too will be a consistent cost addition for the consumer.

          Even if it’s cheaper for corporate to build elsewhere, if the consumer won’t buy your car because of a constant added cost per car.

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            I don’t agree at all. Cost is cost. Infrastructure cost does partially away over time, but higher workforce cost and higher materials cost will always be there. Not to mention how volatile the situation is politically. Trump hasn’t been shown to be one that can be appeased once and you stay in his good graces. He always wants more and changes his mind constantly. I think a long term investing in a new plant sounds highly risky.

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              True on the workforce cost and material cost. Maybe we need actual numbers to figure which way is the correct way as I don’t know what % of the vehicle cost labor is.

              But yeah, Trump is very tempermental and could always turn on you. I personally would just pull out of the US market and possibly piss off Hyundai owners but that’s me. I just don’t think importing from abroad is a good long term strategy.