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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 07:56 AM Jun 2018

Wisconsin reeling from tariffs coming from Mexico, Canada, Europe

Rick Barrett and Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Published 10:13 a.m. CT June 8, 2018

At a recent town hall meeting held by U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner in Hartford, a local manufacturer complained vehemently about the new steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

“I do recognize this is probably a negotiating tactic … the administration is using, but in the meantime real families are being crushed by these tariffs right now,” said Doug Reigle of Regal Ware, a company with 200 employees in West Bend that makes cookware and small kitchen appliances.

“We ship our products all over the world — 65 percent of our revenue comes from outside the United States … and the tariffs are hitting us especially hard,” said Reigle, who said his firm has already spent about $150,000 this year to cover the tariffs.

All of Regal Ware’s aluminum comes from Canada.

“We can’t even buy it in the United States,” Reigle said. “Our competitors, which come from all over the world, aren’t subject to these tariffs. … So I’m now at a 25 percent disadvantage immediately on all those products.”


https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2018/06/08/tariffs-take-toll-wisconsin-manufacturers/682029002/
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Wisconsin reeling from tariffs coming from Mexico, Canada, Europe (Original Post) workinclasszero Jun 2018 OP
So Sad...Tired of all this winning. n/t Mean Gene Jun 2018 #1
I feel sorry for the ones who didn't vote for the orange shit-stain. 3Hotdogs Jun 2018 #2
Thoughts and Prayers, and above all, Be Best Submariner Jun 2018 #3
Go eat a bowl of Wisconsin Cheese and Trumpolini bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #4
I can assure you Heartstrings Jun 2018 #5
Thank you for standing up to the negative posts. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #6
Maybe DownriverDem Jun 2018 #9
"Also we can't help but wonder who folks hurting voted for"??? jodymarie aimee Jun 2018 #18
Love Wisconsin supper clubs and the craftsmen there. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #10
Comments are obviously not meant for Wisconsin Dems. It's just venting.. don't take personally Pepsidog Jun 2018 #12
We all bear the blame. Some more than others. gibraltar72 Jun 2018 #17
Folks seem as well to forget.... LakeArenal Jun 2018 #20
You also experienced big-time voter suppression ladym55 Jun 2018 #23
Thank you and Ari. 😊 LakeArenal Jun 2018 #24
wrong Ari jodymarie aimee Jun 2018 #26
Oops! ladym55 Jun 2018 #30
Y'all bought the snake oil. Sorry. Kajun Gal Jun 2018 #27
Really? "Y'all" connotates every single person.... Heartstrings Jun 2018 #28
You are pretty sorry. Sorry indeed! LakeArenal Jun 2018 #29
West Bend is in one of the most solid red counties in the country. 33taw Jun 2018 #7
So is Waukesha county Liberalhammer Jun 2018 #21
Yep, one of the WOW counties. Washington County is not nearly as gerrymandered as Waukesha. 33taw Jun 2018 #22
would disagree. if you add ozaukee county, wash oz is one stupid bucket of poop dembotoz Jun 2018 #31
They don't. But, Washington County has voted republican since the early 1900's. 33taw Jun 2018 #32
I do recognize this is probably a negotiating tactic... rpannier Jun 2018 #8
+ 1 ChiTownDenny Jun 2018 #14
MAGA in Action... dlk Jun 2018 #11
Rule #1 world wide wally Jun 2018 #13
US gets 9 billion dollars of aluminum per year from Canada, 40% of all imports of the metal. Fred Sanders Jun 2018 #15
This is all I needed to know to recognize this guy (interviewee) is a fool rpannier Jun 2018 #16
Many voters in this area will defend him if he shoots their mother. 33taw Jun 2018 #19
Many would defend him if he shot them rpannier Jun 2018 #25

3Hotdogs

(12,210 posts)
2. I feel sorry for the ones who didn't vote for the orange shit-stain.
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 08:27 AM
Jun 2018

Still, this is the state that elected Scott Walker. On top of that, they were dumb enough to fall for Koch Brothers' adds telling them that recall wasn't a solution to their problems.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
5. I can assure you
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:02 AM
Jun 2018

we all aren’t “dumb”, yet continuously get lumped into that equation by many here on du. I’ve even read that we “deserve” what we get. We are battling not only gerrymandering, but a heavy Koch Bros presence. So, please, if you don’t have anything constructive to point out to us, just don’t comment. We already know the obvious....

Thanks, a proud Wisconsinite....

pazzyanne

(6,519 posts)
6. Thank you for standing up to the negative posts.
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:18 AM
Jun 2018

It is so easy to sit in your living room and judge others. It damages the people who are fighting the good fight when they are put into the generalized population of trumpers. Nothing makes me more angry than having a "friend" who places me along with my trumper family members. Stop it!

A Minnesota neighbor

DownriverDem

(6,206 posts)
9. Maybe
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:40 AM
Jun 2018

It's out of frustration and fear for what is going on. Also we can't help but wonder who folks hurting voted for.

 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
18. "Also we can't help but wonder who folks hurting voted for"???
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 11:44 AM
Jun 2018

How's about wondering about the 49% of folks who DID NOT VOTE. WI and the other 2 states and the poor get blamed for Trump. Who do you think the rich guys voted for? And the freaky abortion folks?

For the millionth time, we were the petri dish. We in WI have been in hell for the last 8 years. The entire country is now going thru what we have lived for a decade. I am sorry you are angry...but direct it elsewhere and use that anger in a constructive way.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
10. Love Wisconsin supper clubs and the craftsmen there.
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 10:05 AM
Jun 2018

And since retirement, I miss going there on service jobs. I worked with many very sharp people there in several plants. Usually returned home with all extra luggage space packed with cheese, LOL.

I'm confident Wisconsin will recover from this rightward tilt in time......... .......

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
20. Folks seem as well to forget....
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:33 PM
Jun 2018

This state is 47% 47%. In elections we fight for 3% to vote for Dems. When there’s millions of dollars of Koch money, millions in NRA money and gerrymandering fighting Dems for that 3%, we get licked.

So I will never let anyone say Wisconsin doesn’t fight hard enough. The people do anyway.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
23. You also experienced big-time voter suppression
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 06:42 PM
Jun 2018

I think it is Ari Melber who has studied what happened in Wisconsin in 2016. I think Wisconsin had more than 200,000 voters deemed ineligible with the various requirements the Rethugs put in place.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
28. Really? "Y'all" connotates every single person....
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 08:56 PM
Jun 2018

This is exactly the type of negativity we Dems in WI do not need.....thanks for your support! No, sorry doesn't cut it....

33taw

(2,420 posts)
7. West Bend is in one of the most solid red counties in the country.
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:31 AM
Jun 2018

Growing up there, I know they won’t change how they vote.

dembotoz

(16,739 posts)
31. would disagree. if you add ozaukee county, wash oz is one stupid bucket of poop
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 07:53 AM
Jun 2018

look at the assembly districts....how do they make sense.

33taw

(2,420 posts)
32. They don't. But, Washington County has voted republican since the early 1900's.
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 08:06 AM
Jun 2018

It has always been 70% republican no matter how you slice it. Waukesha County is hacked up all over the place.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
8. I do recognize this is probably a negotiating tactic...
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:33 AM
Jun 2018

No it's not
You're an idiot
Too bad, so sad
Thoughts and prayers

 

ChiTownDenny

(747 posts)
14. + 1
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 10:22 AM
Jun 2018

and, Be Best.

Yeah, "negotiating tactic" stuck out to me as well. "I'm going to create harm and damage to myself unless you re-negotiate with me! That'll show you!"

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
15. US gets 9 billion dollars of aluminum per year from Canada, 40% of all imports of the metal.
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 10:27 AM
Jun 2018

How long for the dormant American industry to build smelters and start exploring for domestic aluminum since there isn't near enough anyway.

The stupidity of the "logic" knows no bounds.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
16. This is all I needed to know to recognize this guy (interviewee) is a fool
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 10:32 AM
Jun 2018

I do recognize this is probably a negotiating tactic...

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
25. Many would defend him if he shot them
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 08:13 PM
Jun 2018

trump brownshirt, "I realize the president was riding down the street, drunk, firing a machine gun wildly. But, if I hadn't been mowing my lawn I'd never have been shot. So it's really my fault."

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