Comments by "Matthew Loutner" (@Matthew_Loutner) on "" video.

  1. The de minimus exemption has been cancelled.
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  2. Boycott Costco.
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  3. ​@ABee-vd6rt Don't need it. I write theories -- I do not read them. If you have something to say, lay your cards on the table, and I will debate you down with the facts.
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  4. All of those items are made in USA, Canada, and Mexico.
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  5. It is getting pretty close to even. Many Americans prefer to own long-lasting durable American-made appliances.
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  6. There is no crisis in America.
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  7. The United States did not initiate the tariff war.
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  8. The inflation in the United States is currently normal.
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  9. Reporter: "Can the U.S. live without Chinese appliances?" Factory manager: "I don't think so." I am sorry, but he is wrong. I am in the United States now, and we have several different appliance brands that are fully made in America. We also get some parts made in Mexico. I can buy Maytag or Whirlpool or Speed Queen washing machines and dryers, all Made in the USA. Americans can easily live without Chinese appliances. But we would have to pay a higher price for American-made appliances. And many Americans do choose to pay the higher price. Besides made in the USA appliances, my refrigerator is a Samsung brand, and it was made in Korea. My solar panels are Thunderbolt brand and they were made in Vietnam. My blue jeans are Levi's brand, and they were made in the Dominican Republican. My tee shirts are Hanes brand, and they were made in Indonesia. Do not get so high on your horse that you think Americans cannot live without China. You just might fall off of that horse.
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  10. You have to settle for what you are able to get.
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  11. A tariff is not a sales tax.
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  12. It is bigger than you think.
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  13. The factory owners say 30 days.
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  14. They did not have overcapacity.
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  15. ​ @len2063  In 1980, no one had overcapacity. Quantiy supplied was equalling quantity demanded. Overcapacity is a relatively new phenomenon that was created by the Chinese government paying their factories to produce products whether there was a demand for those products or not. No one ever did that before. In all of history, production was created by private investors to meet the market demand.
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  16. If you know that you are paying the tax, then other Americans know the same thing you know.
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  17. They do not have any money. The Chinese factory would have to sell for a much lower cost.
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  18. ​​ @cpc9563  I think you may have missed the point. I did not say anything about importers. Chinese factory workers make $48 per day. People in Brazil make $24 per day. You cannot produce something at $48 per day and sell it to people making $24 per day. And you have to add transportation, markups, and other costs.
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  19. It is not extortion. It is business.
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  20. Whether they give in or whether they do not give in, Americans will always be exceptional. 🦅😎👍🇺🇸✝️
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  21. ​ @eugenec7130  America is the most exceptional, most democratic, and most advanced country in the world. I know a lot about most countries in saying that. You tell me who invented your computer, cell phone, internet, and utube that you are currently using to post your comment.
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  22. ​​​​ Okay. Well, his first paragraph defining stupidity is very accurate. But in the second paragraph, he goes completely off course by creating a basis that "stupidity is not congenital." He is wrong about that. Stupidity is congentital. Having a misunderstanding of the cause of stupidity is a serious error. He attributes it to social influence, and that is only half of the equation. Not everyone is influenced by social circumstances. There are people who are "congenitally smart," and that group cannot be confused by the circumstances around them. They see the truth and nothing but the truth . . . and there is absolutely no way to confuse them because they can see through anything. Basically, I am saying that he has half of a theory here, but left out the other half of it. So his conclusions are distorted. Additionally, the theory needs additional development regarding percentages of the population who can be easily confused, and development on how this affects leadership, and so on. He is commended for coming up with the basis of an idea, but it needs a lot of corrections and follow through. Further, he only addresses the social aspects of stupidity and ignores how it applies to relationaships, education, and every day life.
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  23. Are you joking? We can buy all of those things Made in the USA. Only Walmart is going to have a problem.
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  24. We did it before, we can do it again. But in the future there will be many robots in the new factories.
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  25. You just described China.
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  26. All drug dealers are guilty before God. It is a drug dealer problem.
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  27. Americans are good with it.
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  28. ​ @chongkt6469  I earn $861 per month plus I get food stamps. Your mistake is trying to tie the inflation rate to anecdotal evidence. The inflation rate is just the inflation rate. It does not go up or down based upon what people earn, or how people perceive it. It is a fixed number.
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  29. It is because people in America do not know the costs of a factory in China. So speaking out of ignorance.
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  30. So, as an American, I tried to read the boxes to see what recognizable brands were being manufactured: The ovens were Furrion brand. Furrion does not sell ovens to go in homes or apartments. Furrion sells ovens to go into RVs. If you do not know what an RV is, it stands for recreational vehicle. Wealthier Americans own vehicles that are like a big truck, but they have a complete apartment built inside of them. We use these RVs to take vacations and travel all across America. Furrion (among other brands) makes the ovens for them. The factory manager claims that he has 10% of the American market. But that claim is dubious because Furrion ovens only go into RVs. The second brand on the boxes was Emiril Lagasse brand. This is a celebrity brand. It is named after a cook who has cooking shows on television. Emiril Lagasse brand makes toaster ovens and expresso machines and counter top appliances that would primarily be purchased by wealthy Americans because they are named after the chef on television. The toaster oven that you see demonstrated on the table with the two swinging doors is an Emiril Lagasse brand toaster oven. What stands out about these two brands is that they cater to a small niche market of wealthy Americans. Neither of these brands is a mass market American brand. This factory is a very small fish in the American market. The second thing that stands out is you would have trouble selling either of the brands anywhere, but America. The Furrion brand oven goes in recreational vehicles, and could not sell in a country that does not use recreational vehicles. The Emiril Brand is named after a chef on television, and that is only reason it sells in America. In a country without Emiril Lagasse on television, these home appliances would not sell. Both brands require the American market to sell.
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  31. Jesus saves.
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  32. ​ @len2063  Overcapacity was invented by China. It did not exist anywhere in the world before the year 2000.
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  33. ​@cpc9563 The fact that many people in Malaysia can buy the cheaper Chinese model smartphone is not going to keep Chinese factories open. Samsung sold 224 million smartphones last year, and the whole population of Malaysia is only 35 million. Then besides smartphones, the Chinese have to sell, toasters, microwave ovens, refrigerators, computers, stereo, televisions, all kinds of clothing, and so on. Buying a phone is one thing in your life. But buying everything in your whole life at higher prices is a whole level of expenses. And besides that, Malaysians are already buying most things from China. If Malaysians are already buying at their maximum, they cannot increase their purchasing. That is also true of every other country. None of them can buy more than what they are already buying. And to go to farther countries you have shipping costs. Everything is cheaper in Malaysia than in countries farther away. Brazilians have to pay a lot more (and they may not prefer the Chinese brand). Then you have another problem that Chinese factories make all of the parts for American cars and airplanes. Who drives American cars in Malaysia? I am sorry, but if Americans stop buying, there is no way to keep the Chinese factories open. You might keep 10% of them open, but not all of them.
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  34. ​ @cpc9563  Dude. Come on. The population of Malaysia is 35 million. The population of the United States is 350 million. And we have already established that Brazilians cannot afford to buy anything from China. Besides that, if Malaysians are already buying everything from China, they cannot buy more, can they? The numbers do not support your thesis. You are just engaging in wishful thinking.
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  35. ​ @cpc9563  Just answer this one question: Chinese factories make parts for America cars, trucks, railroads, and airplanes. Who is China going to sell all of those American parts to?
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  36. ​​​ @cpc9563  No, you are completely wrong. I already explained to you that people in Brazil would have to pay the importer, the shipping, the warehousing, sales and marketing and other costs. The widget would cost $4.50 in Brazil, and Brazilians only earn half the salary of the Chinese. Brazilians cannot afford Chinese widgets. They would cost 0.55 to just make the widgets in Brazil. I have a separate comment under this video that tells where I buy stuff for myself. Why don't you look at that comment.
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  37. ​@cpc9563 We do not need time to tell who is right. This is very simple. You are denying mathematical realities because you want the world to go the way you want it to go. That is not going to happen. The sun is going to come up. Gravity is going to keep working. And your denial of math is not going to change math.
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  38. ​ @ABee-vd6rt  I will look it up if it is short. But I am telling you now that I am smarter than the guy who wrote it, and I am going to spot all of his errors.
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  39. ​ @ABee-vd6rt  You are welcome. 😊
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  40. ​ @ABee-vd6rt  I think he would be better to call it "social stupidity."
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  41. ​ @ABee-vd6rt  He left out the emotional component to "social stupidity." The emotional component is where a person willfully blinds themselves to facts that cannot be denied due to emotions, such as fear, insecurity, jealousy, arrogance or pride. For example, when a person claims that his school is better than the school in the next town even though his scores are lower and his ball team loses the championship every year. That is a guy who just does not want to accept the facts because the facts makes him uncomfortable. So he willfully makes himself "socially stupid" and there is no reasoning with him. It is the same reason sinners claim there is no sin. Doing so would make them uncomfortable. He left all of this out of his theory.
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  42. Not a workable plan. We will just pay more and buy American-made products. 20 million Chinese factory workers will lose their jobs. (they are on layoff now)
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