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Tariffs: Saving American Jobs Since...Wait, What?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3130323" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>But you already said shipping costs were cheap? Transportation is different? </p><p></p><p>And yes, at one of the companies I worked at our parent plant (the one we reported to) was based in Celle, West Germany (at that time). When the wall came down, man were they ever pissed! Their taxes shot through the stratosphere due to them having to bail out East Germany with basically nothing in return. No manufacturing capability to speak of, resources, infrastructure was a shambles, etc. Their taxation was already high due to their basically being a countrywide union. Their tech/engineering educational system was what amounted to a multi-year apprenticeship program AFTER they finished school. And they still had people working their entire career at a single company which used to be commonplace here. East had nothing resembling any of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3130323, member: 3099"] But you already said shipping costs were cheap? Transportation is different? And yes, at one of the companies I worked at our parent plant (the one we reported to) was based in Celle, West Germany (at that time). When the wall came down, man were they ever pissed! Their taxes shot through the stratosphere due to them having to bail out East Germany with basically nothing in return. No manufacturing capability to speak of, resources, infrastructure was a shambles, etc. Their taxation was already high due to their basically being a countrywide union. Their tech/engineering educational system was what amounted to a multi-year apprenticeship program AFTER they finished school. And they still had people working their entire career at a single company which used to be commonplace here. East had nothing resembling any of that. [/QUOTE]
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