The 2024 US Presidential Election Watch Thread 💙⭐️💙⭐️💙

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Originally Posted by A. Spectre

Across the United States, companies that rely on foreign suppliers are preparing to raise prices in response to the massive import tariffs that former president Donald Trump promises if he wins the election Tuesday.

Producers of a range of items, including clothing, footwear, baby products, auto parts and hardware, say they will pass along the cost of the tariffs to their American customers.

The planned price increases next year would come as consumers are beginning to enjoy relief from the highest inflation in four decades and directly contradict Trump’s repeated assurances that foreigners will pay the tariff tab.

“We’re set to raise prices,” Timothy Boyle, chief executive of Columbia Sportswear, said in an interview. “We’re buying stuff today for delivery next fall. So we’re just going to deal with it and we’ll just raise the prices. … It’s going to be very, very difficult to keep products affordable for Americans.”


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In our local free newspaper, Willamette Weekly, they profiled Boyle — CEO of Columbia Sportwear. Gert, the original owner would be pissed off with Boyle for his type of leadership of her company (she passed away a few years ago).

Boyle drags in millions of dollars annually, his salary is over a million annually, and most like he’s already penned his golden parachute (fleecing the company and future buyers, is what I’m guessing).

He has a fortress in the West Hills of Portland. He pays his water bills, but the water company in town has a program for low income people who are behind on their water bills. The water companies new AI picked Boyle to pay off his huge water bill, at a 40% discount, when he definitely does not need that type of help. In fact, earlier this year a local family had its checking accounts frozen and left them penniless due to a water bill their now-deceased relative never paid. The entire family is on disability income and faced horrific financial penalties from the water company. Yet Boyle took advantage of this program paying his water bill. Even if it was in error, they’ve had plenty of time to retract and give that money back but they haven’t.

Link: https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/10/3...hy-portlander/



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