Un-Australian Trumpster,

Lying again, "you're (paul 1405) the one calling for policies that would destroy Aussie jobs." I have said I don't agree with tit-for-tat tariffs. Unlike you who favours America over Australia, I'm a believer in free trade. Australia has a free trade agreement with US, but Trump doesn't respect that.

Tariffs on imports simply makes local industry even more inefficient, forcing up prices, and reducing demand. China is simply smacking Americas arse on a whole economic front, and the Americans can't cop the slow decline of their inefficient industries.

If nothing else, at least Trump exposes the stupid among us & most of them portray themselves as switched-on thinkers which they're clearly not since they started denouncing policies they have no clue of !
Just keep an eye on them when these policies start delivering dividends. These same people will expose their hypocrisy all over again !

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Dear mhze,

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You wrote :

« Oh good, so your plan is to increase the costs of manufacturing Coke products in Australia by increasing the costs of the syrup. »
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I don’t have a plan, mhaze, I have an opinion.

My opinion is, as I explained earlier :

“Today, the US has unilaterally decided to impose a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium. Tomorrow, it could decide to impose similar tariffs on other products. For that reason alone, we should reciprocate in like fashion as a dissuasive measure. It is important that the principles of fair trade be respected — especially among friendly nations”.

I suggested that we reciprocate and align with the US by placing a 25% tariff on soft drinks, as it would be better for our health if, as a result, we reduced our consumption of soft drinks.

Especially since Trump is reported to be addicted to Diet Coke.

For that reason, he should be quite sensitive to Australia retaliating with a 25% tariff on his favourite beverage.

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"I don’t have a plan, mhaze, I have an opinion."

Oh good. So your OPINION is that we should further punish the aluminium industry by placing a tariff on US soft drink syrup imports!!

The claim is that the US tariffs will cause job loses in the Australian aluminium industry and your OPINION is that we should protest by increasing those job loses!!

Banjo Paterson & maze,
Consider long-term vision instead of immediate gratification for a few hangers-on !

"Consider long-term vision instead of immediate gratification for a few hangers-on !"

Consider writing something that's even marginally intelligible.