The Donald gets busted by David Letterman

[Xavier_Onassis]

Trump complains that "China is eating are heart out!"



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/02/1398740/-That-Time-David-Letterman-Busted-Donald-Trump-On-His-Macy-s-Clothing-Line-It-s-Made-Where-Video?detail=email#

Then David Letterman checks out one of The Donld's neckties and asks "Where are these made?"

Yeah, The Donald would make a GREAT president.

[Christians4LessGvt]

I buy some products from China and also wish they
would put huge tariffs on stuff from China.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Dream on, never gonna happen.

Trump is not the man to even try to do this, and his neckties are the proof of his real attitude.

Neckties are very expensive in stores, considering how little fabric and sewing goes into them. A seamstress I know once turned out 20 of the damned things in an hour.

They probably cost Trump under two dollars to make and sold for over ten times as much.

I do, actually get to decide what profit margin is adequate: when I think some cheap imported crap is overpriced, like Trump's ties, I do not buy it.

I have not worn a necktie since I retired, but when I was working, I wore one almost every day. Most of them are American made, purchased by me in yard sales. It is quite a spectacular collection.

And, yes, we DO need someone to inspect bottled water so that we do not get poisoned or infected with bacteria.

[Christians4LessGvt]

so what?

do you now want the gvt nanny to rush in with price controls on neckties? 

how about bottled water?....do we need a gvt nanny to price control bottled water? 

people can FREELY choose which ties and what water they buy.....
they don't need you or Gvt Nanny!

[Xavier_Onassis]

You cannot have it both ways.

Either we buy neckties made in China endorsed by Trump, or we simply limit ourselves to buy ties made by Americans.
It is clear that neckties could be made in the USA and sold at a decent profit in Macy's. Trump prefers 200% rather than a modest 150%.

So go ahead, buy Trump's overpriced neckties, I don't care. But if you do not like the Chinese taking over US markets, then Trump is not your ally, he is part of the problem.

You say you want HUGE TARIFFS on Chinese goods. How is that different than some nanny telling you what to buy?

I am not telling you what to buy. I am telling you that if you oppose China taking over US markets, then Trump is NOT your guy.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Trump's profit by selling to willing buyers is no concern of yours.
You don't decide what is a the "correct" profit margin.
More power to anyone that can legally make something for a dime and sell it for $1000.
Many software companies pretty much do that already.
I wish I could invent something I could make for a penny and sell for $500.

Trump would not negotiate the wussy deals Obama does.
Obama is about to cave to the Iranians again.
Americans want tough negotiators, not some post-colonial-guilt-driven wussy negotiating our deals.   

You say you want HUGE TARIFFS on Chinese goods.
How is that different than some nanny telling you what to buy?

It is as different as slave labor and non-slave labor.
Countries using slave labor should not be allowed to destroy the US manufacturing base.

[Xavier_Onassis]

So, mere major exploitation of teenage Chinese farmgirls who sleep in shifts, are sent by their parents to factories and maybe get to keep a third of the $5 a day they are paid, that is okay by you, but SLAVE labor, there is where you draw the line?

Bangladesh is now the cheap labor capital in this current race to the bottom. There is not all that much difference between what third world children are forced to do and slave labor, and if Trump were president he would do nothing about it.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Trump would cut PRO American deals
Trump is not driven by some strange guilt or apologist behavior.
And trade is not even an issue I find very interesting with Trump.
I like that he speaks what is on so many American's minds.
He speaks about what is being done to our country by an insane border policy.
The guy would kick some serious ass.....
and I know the entrenched would not like their apple-cart up-ended. 
I doubt he can overcome the corrupt oligarchy and get elected...but it's fun to watch people squirm.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Trump is a total asshole, and I hope he gets the nomination, because he needs a major defeat. No way this egotistical grandstanding demagogue could ever get elected anywhere. It would be sweet to watch Trump get trumped.  The guy has ZERO people skills.  He embodies all that is absolutely worst about this country.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Trump's profit by selling to willing buyers is no concern of yours.
You don't decide what is a the "correct" profit margin.
More power to anyone that can legally make something for a dime and sell it for $1000.
Many software companies pretty much do that already.
I wish I could invent something I could make for a penny and sell for $500.

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The HELL IT ISN'T my concern. I am a consumer. The consumer decides what stuff is worth to them

Sure, you would love to find a deal as sweet as peddling Trumps Chinese made neckties.
If you found something you could make for a dime and sell for $1000, you would be the first in line to get it made for a nickel in China.
And any government official that tried to slap a tariff on it, you would accuse of being an enemy of free enterprise and The American Way.
What a total fucking hypocrite!

You care about yourself more than about the people of this country.

[Christians4LessGvt]

The HELL IT ISN'T my concern. I am a consumer.
The consumer decides what stuff is worth to them

Exactly moron....you are ONE consumer.
So if enough consumers want to buy $1000 ties it's none of your damn business.
Whether you personally think it is a "fair" price doesn't matter in the big picture.
You may not think a Cadillac or luxury SUV is a "good buy".
But ask me or millions of consumers that buy luxury SUV's if they
give a damn what you think is "over-priced" or a waste of money.

If the game right now is to have stuff made in China to be competitive yes I would definitely do that.
but at the same time I support ending China's one way street game rules.
You can play ball in a game that you don't agree with all the rules.
If I am a manufacturer I'm not going to sit on the sidelines and go broke...that's nuts.
I will play the game with current rules, but vote for people that will change the rules to make America great again.
It's really not brain surgery.

[Xavier_Onassis]

So you don't think America is great now?

You would make a deal with the devil himself for your own personal  advantage. You put yourself of this country and its people and claim that it is all to make the country "great again" because somehow, a country with a Black president just can never be great. But no, of course you are not a racist. You are just a fine American patriot that wants to secede from the country. But you are against slavery, especially when you do not have to watch small children make clothing for $1.50 a day in some Bengaladesh sweatshop for American Eagle.  That is not really slavery, after all.

There is no way that you or The Donald or anyone can get concessions from the Chinese without raising the prices American importers pay for the schlock they have made there. It would cut into your profits to make a deal, and you and your greed are far more important to you than this country.

I encourage you and everyone to make The Donald your next Republican't hero. 
I would be fun to watch him get even fewer votes than Rawmoney.

[Christians4LessGvt]

a country with a Black president just can never be great.
But no, of course you are not a racist.

Default Mode Alert From the Racebaiting Party!...lol
Gotta be racism if disagree with Leftist Control Agenda.
Even though reality is I would vote for the following African Americans for President
Dr. Thomas Sowell, Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Alan Keyes, Clarence Thomas, Walter Williams,
Tim Scott, JC Watts, and would all make fine Presidents, much better than the apologist we have now.

[sirs]

Come on C, don't keep confusing the poor professor with reality and facts to the contrary.  You know what that can do to him

[Xavier_Onassis]

Watch and see all those famous right wing token Blacks fade into obscurity.

How long did it take for Michael Steele to vanish *poof!* like the Snuffleupagous?
Token Cuban senator Martinez has fallen off the Earth.