Donald Trump slams Canada-U.S trade deals

[Cannuck]

I don't go to the states to buy food of any kind or gas from the states.

People generally don't. Petros is just being silly again. Only the ridiculously cheap or people with nothing better to do would go out of their way to save $20. Most people have more important things to do.

'We don't blame you': Wisconsin farmers on Trump's blast at Canada's dairy industry

Trumpites are such simpletons

 

[darkbeaver]

I speak Earthling.

That's why we don't trust you.Earth is one blob there are others. Do unto other sentient blobs as you would have sentient blobs do unto you. eh

There may be blobs more entitled to continuation than the blob you are assciated with, real or imaqginary, can't tell thew difference myself, but that's another thread. I hopr that helps yopu through your temporary flawed thought process, don't thank me, it go's to my head.

 

[Twila]

It is a farming operation that is operated like a factory with assembly line conditions existing for the production of food items. Most of them are multimillion dollar operations. Here is a link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_animal_farming

Factory farming is particularly prevalent in the USA with some dairy farms actually processing their own milk. Such farms often have herds of thousands of cows. Compare this to Quebec (Canada's largest dairy province) where the average farmer only has 55 cows. These huge American farms are highly efficient, but they have the effect of driving other farmers out of business, which is why the US has lost one-third of its dairy farms in the last 10 years or so.

The huge farms also have the effect of driving down the price of dairy products until almost no one can make a profit. It is a paradox of capitalism. Perfect competition results in a profit margin of zero.

Not to mention the abysmal conditions for the animals

 

[darkbeaver]

Trump is stupud he don't know where winter comes from, we will open our borders and let the cold erace our American competitors.

We have to solidify our positioin, I propose the ice solution.

 

[captain morgan]

Don't count on the ice solution as any real threat.... hell, we dropped the Celine Dion bomb on them and it's almost as if they got stronger.

 

[gopher]

Da Dump will reduce taxes on the rich thereby increasing the federal debt and then he will blame Democrats for it.

 

[tay]

Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies.


Since President Trump’s election, much has been made of his rural, heartland voters, and how politicians can better serve them, with most discussion centering on international trade and globalization. But there is another political and economic disaster crushing the heartland — one politicians could solve now, if they chose to.

This slow-rolling wave of corporate mergers has left almost all major markets — airlines, telecommunications, health care, retail, milk, seeds for growing crops, hardware, even cowboy boots — dominated by a cluster of mega-corporations, cloaked behind a plethora of brand names. These behemoths now hold unprecedented power over thousands of once-thriving community economies.

Corporate concentration has hit farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers especially hard. Many markets are entirely monopolized by a single company that dictates the terms of business to suppliers. Two decades ago, in the seed industry alone, 600 independent companies existed. Today there are six giants, several of which are pursuing high-profile mergers that will result in even more radical concentration. Similar levels of concentration exist for the beef, pork, chicken and dairy industries. The result is that the farmer’s share of each retail dollar of food has been collapsing, while consumers pay either the same or higher prices. Mega-corporations in the middle exploit their dominant market positions to reap all the profits.

It is a myth that the economic challenges that rural and small-town America face are caused by forces largely outside our control, like globalization or improvements in technology. We have the ability to help restore competition and economic vibrancy in rural America and beyond. The government has the authority to ensure markets are once again open and competitive so that communities have a chance to shape their own economic destinies. The question is whether we will recognize the error of our ways and put taking on monopolies high on the economic agenda — for rural and small-town America, and for everyone who wants to ensure our country can once again be the land of opportunity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...want-to-rescue-rural-america-bust-monopolies/

 

[mentalfloss]

America just can't handle all this winning. :lol:

 

[taxslave]

People generally don't. Petros is just being silly again. Only the ridiculously cheap or people with nothing better to do would go out of their way to save $20. Most people have more important things to do.

'We don't blame you': Wisconsin farmers on Trump's blast at Canada's dairy industry

Trumpites are such simpletons

DId you come back because you were afraid someone might forget what an idiot you are?

Da Dump will reduce taxes on the rich thereby increasing the federal debt and then he will blame Democrats for it.

So raise taxes on the poor. They use most of the government services anyway.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Don't count on the ice solution as any real threat.... hell, we dropped the Celine Dion bomb on them and it's almost as if they got stronger.

And you may believe that the payback for Bryan Adams will be. . . severe.

 

[taxslave]

Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies.


Since President Trump’s election, much has been made of his rural, heartland voters, and how politicians can better serve them, with most discussion centering on international trade and globalization. But there is another political and economic disaster crushing the heartland — one politicians could solve now, if they chose to.

This slow-rolling wave of corporate mergers has left almost all major markets — airlines, telecommunications, health care, retail, milk, seeds for growing crops, hardware, even cowboy boots — dominated by a cluster of mega-corporations, cloaked behind a plethora of brand names. These behemoths now hold unprecedented power over thousands of once-thriving community economies.

Corporate concentration has hit farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers especially hard. Many markets are entirely monopolized by a single company that dictates the terms of business to suppliers. Two decades ago, in the seed industry alone, 600 independent companies existed. Today there are six giants, several of which are pursuing high-profile mergers that will result in even more radical concentration. Similar levels of concentration exist for the beef, pork, chicken and dairy industries. The result is that the farmer’s share of each retail dollar of food has been collapsing, while consumers pay either the same or higher prices. Mega-corporations in the middle exploit their dominant market positions to reap all the profits.

It is a myth that the economic challenges that rural and small-town America face are caused by forces largely outside our control, like globalization or improvements in technology. We have the ability to help restore competition and economic vibrancy in rural America and beyond. The government has the authority to ensure markets are once again open and competitive so that communities have a chance to shape their own economic destinies. The question is whether we will recognize the error of our ways and put taking on monopolies high on the economic agenda — for rural and small-town America, and for everyone who wants to ensure our country can once again be the land of opportunity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...want-to-rescue-rural-america-bust-monopolies/

Should have gotten someone that has been outside of a city once in their life to write that article. Then they would have maybe seen how foolish the article is. People whose only link to farming is singing OLd McDonald had a Farm in preschool have a strange view of how hard it is to make a decent living on a small family farm.ORhow much food would cost if farming actually went according to their hollywierd view.

 

[Bar Sinister]

Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies.


Since President Trump’s election, much has been made of his rural, heartland voters, and how politicians can better serve them, with most discussion centering on international trade and globalization. But there is another political and economic disaster crushing the heartland — one politicians could solve now, if they chose to.

This slow-rolling wave of corporate mergers has left almost all major markets — airlines, telecommunications, health care, retail, milk, seeds for growing crops, hardware, even cowboy boots — dominated by a cluster of mega-corporations, cloaked behind a plethora of brand names. These behemoths now hold unprecedented power over thousands of once-thriving community economies.

Corporate concentration has hit farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers especially hard. Many markets are entirely monopolized by a single company that dictates the terms of business to suppliers. Two decades ago, in the seed industry alone, 600 independent companies existed. Today there are six giants, several of which are pursuing high-profile mergers that will result in even more radical concentration. Similar levels of concentration exist for the beef, pork, chicken and dairy industries. The result is that the farmer’s share of each retail dollar of food has been collapsing, while consumers pay either the same or higher prices. Mega-corporations in the middle exploit their dominant market positions to reap all the profits.

It is a myth that the economic challenges that rural and small-town America face are caused by forces largely outside our control, like globalization or improvements in technology. We have the ability to help restore competition and economic vibrancy in rural America and beyond. The government has the authority to ensure markets are once again open and competitive so that communities have a chance to shape their own economic destinies. The question is whether we will recognize the error of our ways and put taking on monopolies high on the economic agenda — for rural and small-town America, and for everyone who wants to ensure our country can once again be the land of opportunity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...want-to-rescue-rural-america-bust-monopolies/

Ad then there is Walmart, which completely destroys the economic core of small towns and then abandons them.

The New Way That Walmart Is Ruining America's Small Towns

Walmart Closes Stores, Leaving Small Towns with No Groceries | Money

Small towns devastated after Wal-Mart Stores Inc decimates mom-and-pop shops, then packs up and leaves: ‘They ruined our lives’


Small towns devastated after Wal-Mart Stores Inc decimates mom-and-pop shops, then packs up and leaves: ‘They ruined our lives’ | Financial Post

 

[lone wolf]

Sorry to ruin your day but Obummer already screwed us over on oil and softwood lumber.

Obama was Prez in 1982? Who'da thunk it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_softwood_lumber_dispute

Ya ... I know ... Wiki ... but it's not facts you're interested in anyhow

 

[Cannuck]

DId you come back....

I never left.

 

[selfsame]

If Trump has any wisdom, he will not say such words.
I think Canada is not more than another state of the US; and although it is extensive in area, the active region is not more than a horizontal strip along the borders with US.
So he seems foolish, and may not be responsible about his words (like the insane); and again I say this is my impression, and God is the All-Knowing.

 

[Curious Cdn]

If Trump has any wisdom, he will not say such words.
I think Canada is not more than another state of the US; and although it is extensive in area, the active region is not more than a horizontal strip along the borders with US.
So he seems foolish, and may not be responsible about his words (like the insane); and again I say this is my impression, and God is the All-Knowing.

You sure don't know us.

 

[Murphy]

Yes he does. He read about us in his book of lies - the Quran.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Yes he does. He read about us in his book of lies - the Quran.

There's a "frosty side of hell" chapter?

 

[Murphy]

Oh yeah.