Import vehicle tariffs include parts

[sapote]

The House approved 1.5 Trillions spending;
US goverment bonds yield rate increases as less people trust in US bonds now from all of this chaostic tariff policy. Fact: the bond yield today is even higher than during the 2008 Financial crisis, think about this for a moment.

This means US govenment has to pay even more interest to borrow money for the spending budget now. We are shooting our own foot.

[lemoose]

The House approved 1.5 Trillions spending;
US goverment bonds yield rate increases as less people trust in US bonds now from all of this chaostic tariff policy. Fact: the bond yield today is even higher than during the 2008 Financial crisis, think about this for a moment.

This means US govenment has to pay even more interest to borrow money for the spending budget now. We are shooting our own foot.

You clearly havent read the art of the deal. This is a 5d chess move. Youll soon see.

[sapote]

He just realized that we can't produce computer chips, smart phones, destop/laptop computers, solar panels, TV etc. in US in his lifetime, so to avoid shutting down the whole economy, schools, normal America life, these crucial electronic products are exempted from the recent tafiffs.

Just imagine what if China stop selling these things to US. Chinese people are familiar with living in tough times, so they could tighten up their belts and survive, but can we going on without smart phone, PC, TV?

[Stilt]

The House approved 1.5 Trillions spending;
US goverment bonds yield rate increases as less people trust in US bonds now from all of this chaostic tariff policy. Fact: the bond yield today is even higher than during the 2008 Financial crisis, think about this for a moment.

This means US govenment has to pay even more interest to borrow money for the spending budget now. We are shooting our own foot.

Bessent wants the 10yr yield at 3.5 - achieved partially through a market sell of - but his recent actions completely blew up in his face, as he and the administration failed to account for the fact that this war of attrition / game of chicken would cause foreign fx reserve managers to dump treasuries (pushing yields up higher), while also pushing de-dollarization, something they want to curtail but their approach to do so is such a huge gamble.

[maw1124]

Bessent wants the 10yr yield at 3.5 - achieved partially through a market sell of - but his recent actions completely blew up in his face, as he and the administration failed to account for the fact that this war of attrition / game of chicken would cause foreign fx reserve managers to dump treasuries (pushing yields up higher), while also pushing de-dollarization, something they want to curtail but their approach to do so is such a huge gamble.

Yeah... when you're born on 3rd base you lack the benefit of the lessons that took the rest of us from the dugout in the minor leagues to 3rd base in the World Series.

maw

[sbay]

OE CSL trunks going for $6k on ECS

[Stilt]

Yeah... when you're born on 3rd base you lack the benefit of the lessons that took the rest of us from the dugout in the minor leagues to 3rd base in the World Series.

maw

Or your just a loyalist (cough cough current admin) and you will rationalize everything, no matter how devoid of sound thinking it is.

[maw1124]

Or your just a loyalist (cough cough current admin) and you will rationalize everything, no matter how devoid of sound thinking it is.

Well, I had lunch with some of my guys in Sarasota this weekend, catching up after the storms and whatnot. And one of them told a story about a plumber who had to go up on his roof for something, charged him $500. Being a very astute and experienced businessman, my buddy asked him "why would a plumber charge a price that a plumber can't pay??" After the guy got his panties out of his crack he said to my buddy, "you know what Sir, you're right."

The point here is, a lot of what might ever be made here will never be affordable to the citizens here. Henry Ford understood this. Why would American companies charge a price Americans can't afford?? Because the 50 years of economics in America these guys were rich enough to not need to understand.

And so they don't understand it. But they do understand using wealth and power against those who don't have wealth or power. So we shall see.

maw

[Cubieman]

OE CSL trunks going for $6k on ECS

For fucks sake, almost makes me want to remove mine and go stock just in case.

[maw1124]

For fucks sake, almost makes me want to remove mine and go stock just in case.

I spent the last week driving mine and... I think except for tires... anything I need can be sourced in the US for the next few years. I think I'll need to recover the seats but given the way the OEM stuff just continues to shrink at the seams, I think a "close enough for government work" match of perhaps better leather (or high quality boat vinyl) might be in order. It's a big boat town so one of the interior guys might have something in stock that matches well enough. No China, no tariffs.

maw

[davidinnyc]

As I mentioned in my for sale thread re: Supersprint headers and section 1 I was selling for 25% below MSRP…