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Good PR move by Ford. Had they not announced it like that, it may not have been covered as strongly. But by saying it that way, reporters cover it, they get in Trump's good graces, and receive public support.
And I am a Trump supporter, but I also thought this as well.
Plus there are jobs created in building the plant. Jobs created by suppliers. More money flowing in the local economy in terms of housing, food and other spending. The jobs at the plant are just part of the benefit.
But if he does this everyday of his 4 year term, it will be just over 1 million jobs.
That $700 million flows into the economy in many ways besides salaries which will multiply into other jobs and opportunity.
It's a well-established fact that pie is better than cake. Everybody wins.lakerstan said:
- So whatever Ford was going to do was going to save it / profit it $1.6 billion + expected profit.
Ask 700 unemployed people if a good paying job with benefits that question. It would mean a lot to them and the community.
Good for Obama and Trump.lakerstan said:
I don't think its a complaint...its a lets see what we are getting, who is really benefitting.
So Trump did influence the decision, even though Mark Fields said he didn't. A little like the old "I was for it before I was against it." quote.
You can always laugh at me Slap. I know you a little different than some others in here.Slapdash said:
Um, they already do this. GMC, Honda, Toyota, and Nissan combined don't sell as many trucks as Ford does with the F series. Their only real competition is from Chevy and Dodge and they each have a long way to go to catch Ford.
700 unemployed people won't get those jobs though, they'll just relocate them from some other plant closing. You know that is what will happen.
You want fries with that?
I don't really think tariffs should be used as threats (or raised generally) to make specific companies/industries stay in the US, although I do favor revisiting many aspects of trade deals.
As an example: Bernie's plans to increase the minimum wage would cost a lot of the McJobs you reference by driving companies to automation. A McJob is better than no job. Not a dissimilar thing to making it more expensive for companies to outsource labor by raising tariffs (as in the case of Carrier where the quoted investment figures included spending to automate). But at least a policy like increasing the minimum wage is across the board and not picking winners/loser like Trump is doing (or Obama did with pieces of the stimulus and auto-bailouts)
You know those good ones he lost and then got back but paid less and couldn't allow more than 30 hours a week due to his awesome healthcare.
Yes, but without good-paying jobs at home, who will be able to afford those cars/i=phones/etc?
Short-term, great. But a new plant is a long-term investment. If Ford's 10-year sales decline due to higher prices, what will be the net effect long-term?
Honestly if you're going to act like a petulant child every time someone posts something that disagrees with your politics, you should take your ####### to the local skate park and argue with someone your own age. Seriously are you that immature? Hint: most 70-year-old men like you don't act like this. glllllllllllllll
Alright let it go to Mexico then
JFC some of you people . Seriously what a bunch of pisspots
No, that's not how it works. Ford and GM close plants all the time, tens of thousands of jobs have been lost over the past 20 years alone. They will just close a plant in Missouri and transfer everyone to Michigan, the net gain in jobs will likely be very small.
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