| When we raised the steel import tax a few | | | | closed to sell their energy contracts to |
| years ago it hurt many manufacturing sectors | | | | other companies and stay closed, thus who are |
| who used steel in their production. It also | | | | we helping? Certainly not my team; we will |
| hurt smaller companies, which use steel in | | | | now see jobs for cars and etc move to Mexico |
| their products. US Steel prices have cost our | | | | and China this would also be for tractors and |
| team thousands of extra dollars due to the | | | | heavy industry trucks and trailer |
| import taxes that were imposed. We told | | | | manufacturers.If we help one industry |
| everyone if they raise the cost of steel even | | | | temporarily and then give away jobs and |
| one hundred dollars per ton we will seek to | | | | factory capacity to other countries for no |
| build the truck beds out of other materials, | | | | reason. We are tilting more than one field by |
| and once we do we will never go back to | | | | doing this. As a matter of fact we are not |
| steel. It is heavy, costs gas mileage, rusts, | | | | going to stand for these increases at all. |
| leaving iron oxide streaks on the exterior | | | | Screw that, it affects our team at a time |
| paint. It is by the cost we even still use | | | | when we are creating jobs and all of us |
| steel.If the steel companies in this country | | | | entrepreneurs are trying to dig ourselves out |
| cannot run more efficient and get their labor | | | | of the recession. It is good to see that |
| unions to perform efficiently then one should | | | | administration was able to re-look at this |
| not expect the public to support that | | | | issue as early as July to lower the import |
| industry or buy their products. We can build | | | | tax and eventually get rid of it soon after |
| the truck beds out of fiberglass, plastic or | | | | in that first year of increased tariff taxes. |
| composite. We will be able to build uni-body | | | | Then we can get the entire South American |
| shells and make them more ascetically | | | | countries on our team as trade partners, we |
| pleasing. So the administration and the steel | | | | may need them.As far as orange juice, we can |
| industry better get their act together. The | | | | justify restrictions for reasons of fruit |
| auto industry also took a hit and many of the | | | | flies, but for steel, I am not sure we can |
| cars are moving to lighter materials and they | | | | justify this now because we did not sign the |
| will not go back once they do because the | | | | Kyoto Treaty and now we are stating we cannot |
| mileage savings in efficiency is important | | | | buy Brazilian steel due to the methods of |
| also.We need Brazil as a trading partner; we | | | | manufacturing hurting the environment, |
| need Japan's economy to return to growth. We | | | | hypocritical tactic, we should not go there. |
| should not give a crutch to an industry that | | | | Besides we have technology, cheap technology |
| is not innovative and lets their workers kick | | | | to prevent these pollutants anyway, all we |
| back and do little if any work. The steel | | | | need to do is see they are in place and let |
| union is strong and they do not believe in | | | | them into the market to keep our steel |
| hard work ethic like the competition in their | | | | industry on their feet and from getting lazy, |
| industry. We should not support laziness and | | | | costing our manufacturing of truck beds too |
| give a company an edge. Giving away free fish | | | | much, thus hurting our ability to create jobs |
| makes even the best of us lazy. This problem | | | | by giving our team the incentive to realize a |
| is affecting our team and costing our | | | | fair profit in a time when many small |
| franchisees money and ROI time, due to | | | | companies are going out of business and large |
| increased costs in new equipment. That hurts | | | | ones skipping the nuisance of paying bills in |
| their families and their ability to grow | | | | their accounts payable departments by filing |
| their businesses. The import tax of 50% on | | | | bankruptcy, Kmart, PG&E, Enron, Global |
| steel, hurts the rest of the economy, it | | | | Crossing and others in the news lately. We |
| hurts my team at a time when we need better | | | | cannot dig out America if we are continually |
| prices. This creates a monopoly on steel for | | | | forcing more costs on other industries that |
| a couple of steel companies who are planning | | | | need help too. Such as the truck building |
| a merger. I am upset that we are attacking | | | | industry, rail car industry, even garbage |
| American companies who have won the market by | | | | truck construction is down 30%, school buses, |
| serving customers and giving them what they | | | | bridges and infrastructure. Steel is used for |
| want as we all vote with our dollar and then | | | | lots of things and there is significant |
| the government creates monopolies at the same | | | | volumes; what was the problem with the |
| time. So of course monopolies are Good as | | | | industry that they could not make a profit if |
| long as the government creates them. We are | | | | they had a little competition? Strong survive |
| glad to see that these steel companies are | | | | and that is a fundamental basic of free |
| now able to produce steel now that the prices | | | | markets. Think about it.Lance Winslow - |
| are up, yet some of these steel mills are | | | | Online Think Tank forum board. |