re: #67 DodgerFan1988

This piece of shit Trump supporter will still vote for him despite losing hundreds of thousands due to Trump’s tariffs because he’ll blame it all on “illegal immigrants.”

I was listening to NPR in the car the other day. They were talking about how lobster pots used to be made from wood, but are now primarily made from aluminum and steel wire, because those hold up better.

China has imposed tariffs on imported American lobster, so there’s one hit to the industry.

Another: They were interviewing the largest lobster pot manufacturer in the USA, who has a virtual monopoly on the industry here. He is worried about tariffs increasing his products for lobster fishermen so much they will purchase less and thus hurt his business. He noted companies and people who buy aluminum and steel are busy trying to buy as much as they can now before those tariffs go into effect.

He also noted the tariffs apply to raw materials, not finished products. As such, a French company is moving to try to put him out of business by importing finished lobster pots. (The company didn’t make them before.)

Yes, he still supports Trump.

His solution: He says he’s praying every night this will work out so he doesn’t have to lay off his twenty or so workers and shutter his business.

Such people seem to be unreachable. Clutching their Cheeto Messiah and praying doesn’t seem to be a good business plan.

It is the “both siderists” that need to be reached, and those who sit out elections thinking the government doesn’t affect them.