doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Tariff amount

Reality is, a guy retired pre-social security age with a 1 mil portfolio Feb 1st, that takes his monthly withdrawal of an annual 4% to cover his household, is still out more than 50k to date.

Reality is if I guy retired pre social security age and couldn’t live off the income from his portfolio and pension shouldn’t have retired.


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Either go back to work or get a side hustle.

We had been led to believe, by some Liberal snowflakes here who are afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome, that these Tariffs would be the end of the world.

Actually, that seems pretty benign, especially if it leads to better Trade Deals and future investments in U.S. production and employment opportunities.

And when you compare it to the huge price increases for nearly everything as a result of insane Democrat policies that created the Inflation of the Biden years, well really, there is no comparison. We now pay at least 25% more on average for the things we consume, and the value of retirement savings and investments were diminished by a like amount. Food, fuel, groceries, automobiles, travel, housing, rent, and utility costs all went up dramatically under Democrat rule. On top of that, we all paid hundreds of billions for the Democrats to illegally import at least 12-15 million additional illegal immigrants, and to then pay to give them free housing, education, health care, food, cell phones, etc. And now we have to pay again to round them up and deport them.

But for some odd reason, the whiners who cry about Trump Tariffs never say a word about this far worse economic damage that affected every U.S. citizen, not just the occasional foreign gun buyer.

I get what you are saying there but strangely ,here in UK we have suffered exactly the same scenario despite having a Conservative,supposedly right wing ,Government.............go figure.

I still say the tariff, as it applies to firearms, should be a point of negotiation. 10% is nothing to sneeze at.

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I also suspect leveling the playing field from a tariff perspective will help the US in the long run. And I agree w/ your comment about the affordability of foreign budget guns. I'm worried about this actually creating good jobs.

Today unemployment is 4%. Slightly above last year. But still very low compared to my lifetime. Our economy is the biggest and best in the world. We achieved that without a level playing field because we're blessed with immense natural resources, a highly educated workforce, a decent legal system and a couple of oceans to watch our back.

My concern is that even if this policy change increases domestic manufacturing, will those jobs pay enough to afford a house for your family and a decent life? Manufacturing job incomes haven't increased. Their productivity has, but the wealth created by that is going to the shareholders and the executive team. Not the guy making stuff. He's hoping to keep up with inflation. Treading water. Meanwhile his parents and his house are getting older and demanding more of his time and money. I don't see how tariffs dramatically increase the demand for skilled US manufacturing jobs such that wages grow enough to make these jobs a viable entry point into the middle class, without a spouse also working.