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[–] 19 points 11 months ago (5 children)

see the good thing is there will probably be an opening in the market for somebody else to open a sawmill

not gonna get into whether or not it should be torn down, but "because they voted differently than you" is very disingenuous. it's because they support fascists. those are not the same thing.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    No, it's generally only big company sawmills now. It's the same thing where stuff closes down and it's unprofitable for older small businesses. These guys were probably barely hanging on.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Most of their work was from overseas.

    The domestic market obviously did not support this mill.

    Odds are whatever company (and employees) fills the void will not be paying into the USA.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Your take is that it's un-american to produce a product for export?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    My take is that tarriffs killed the ability for this mill to compete for its foreign customer's business, which was the majority of the business. After tarrifs there were not enough domestic customers to keep the doors open.

    The mill that will meet the foreign needs will not be American because the dont have to add on tarrif increases.

    Thus the jobs, business tax, payroll tax, and wages reinvested in the economy will all be going to some other nation.

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