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I give up,

It is about protecting our industrial base.

it is them not playing by any rules LOL.

Anyway I am done.

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Some economists argue that the Smoot-Hawley tariff act may have been a very bad idea but that it did not cause the Great Depression. They point out that exports only accounted for some seven percent of the U.S. gross national product in 1929 and the decline in U.S. exports in the ensuing years may have been caused by the depression itself and not solely by tariff retaliation. Some note that the U.S. had also enormously raised tariffs in 1922 and that this did not cause a depression.

US exports to china are only 0.5 percent of GDP.

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Solyndra was one bad bet,weed out the corruption and move on.

It is not the 1930’s, there is really a lot of scholars on that period that have the opinion that a lot more was wrong and tariffs got disproportional blame.

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There is more we can do LOL.

We should target all the industries they are.

Solar should be made here, batteries etc…

Shoes etc.. not so much

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Yes- I agree,

We should encourage IP theft, Demand that everything sold here be made here and that all technology used be shared.

Only give/help others if there is something in it for us.

anyway it’s a start LOL.

BTW we do make solar panels right here in riverside.

But seriously we should subsidize some critical industries more to eliminate any foreign competition.

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I don’t know, seems like China is running out of ammo (they really don’y buy much from us anyway, and right now it has been almost completely nothing for a year or so).

though higher prices for US consumers may hurt at least until we find new sources.

Anyway doing nothing is/was no longer an option.

I think eventually there will be a deal that benefits both.

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Average commute time in LA is 55 minutes (or about an hour).

I am going to say that is probably about 30 miles.

SD is probably a little less that that.

(I actually think the numbers above are low and in reality are probably considerably more).

There are probably a lot more of these stories out there as well (below).
Nurses resort to extreme commutes for better pay
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nurses-resort-extreme-commutes-better-pay-jaimy-lee/

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EV car prices, charge times still need to come down quite a bit IMO (and a heck of a lot more charging stations before we can really see mass acceptance).

Currently I think a EV Leased car would work well if you only need to commute say less than 30 miles one way.

I Think we need some time to see how well these batteries hold up over time, not really saving the environment or anything else if you must replace the batteries very 6-8 years.

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We need Metro Rail!!, HSR not so much.

I need to go to the bay area maybe once every two years.
The plane works.

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I am guessing you have one of the higher end >200 Mile range EV’s.

If it works for you fine.

Me I would always be worried about scheduling in charging time, would probably need a cheap ICE-car back-up.

Also I think I would feel the same way I do about timing-belt cars, after 6 years I would start worrying about how much longer the batteries will last.

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Interesting Schumer supports Trump on Trade deal with China.

Sooner or later we would need to address this.

This game is for all the marbles.

You have to be pragmatic and not just follow party lines, we are getting seriously divided if it is just My party must win at all costs.

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Currently EV’s are just a novelty for well to do people who don’t need to drive much.

Not ready for prime time yet.

But they are improving and coming down in price.

Need to get charge times down below 5 minutes IMO.

I cannot wait 30-60 minutes every hundred or 150 miles.
(or 6 hours at home).
I would need to buy a used one too, I don’t think my wife would let me spend >30K on a small sedan.

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Evidently Yes

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I don’t think it is necessarily inevitable.

It is “not” the FED’s mandate to have a recession every 5-10 or so years.

Would you say the same for China?

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