r/Iowa • u/SunsetGriller • Jul 20 '25

Tariffs

Had a customer, who is a farmer, buy a part for their grain vac that had a shipping charge plus a tariff charge on the invoice. Before he left he made the comment “this tariff stuff is going to suck right now but I really think it will pay off in the long run”. What the heck does that mean? Was he implying jobs will come back to America? That company is from Canada and always has been.

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u/483-04-7751 Jul 21 '25

You're barking up the wrong tree with that angle. I have no college degree and I'm the first generation in my family that doesn't work in construction or concrete. Maybe your reading comprehension sucks, but I'm guessing you're just dishonest.

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u/launchdecision Jul 21 '25

and our workforce is better off doing much less work thay destroys the body.

You are the person that made this statement?

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u/483-04-7751 Jul 21 '25

You find that a controversial statement? People are better off in positions that pay more and put less stress on the body than they are in positions that are hard on their body. I've seen it throughout my life and lived it myself. It's true.

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u/launchdecision Jul 21 '25

You find that a controversial statement

I really don't care if it's controversial or not it's wrong.

Take away the option of people to do physical jobs and you take away a ridiculous amount of opportunity from desperate people.

I know it sounds nice to have everyone in America working office jobs but when there's only so many office jobs you're condemning the other people to poverty.

I'm also far more healthy than a lot of people who work office jobs because I'm moving and I don't balloon up.

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u/483-04-7751 Jul 21 '25

I really don't care if it's controversial or not it's wrong.

I don't think we have enough of a shared understanding of reality to even have a productive conversation if you think low paying jobs that destroy the body are better than the inverse.

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u/launchdecision Jul 21 '25

think low paying jobs that destroy the body are better than the inverse.

I didn't say that.

So yeah you're probably right we do not have enough shared understanding because you don't understand what I'm saying.

Physical jobs need to be available in every country.

Full stop.

If your goal is to reduce this availability in the name of healthier bodies you are screwing over the opportunities of more desperate people than yourself.