Issues with Tariffs, both Mexico AND Canada [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS; MEMBERS ALREADY BANNED FOR IT]

[Chase300]

When Covid-19 struck the US, I started a small garden and bought chickens. I still keep a dozen or so. I give eggs to my coworkers with families and my boss. You should do the same as chickens are inexpensive to raise and will eat anything.

So someone in my subdivision which is under HOA rules wanted to start a chicken coop for eggs...got immediately shot down.

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[Chase300]

It has a lot to,do with migrants. Most people can’t discerned between legal and illegal. So it all gets lumped together. It’s a scare tactic.

The employers should know. You either have a work permit/green card or you don't. Pretty simple.

 

[fossil]

I like animals, I just want a family of all animals. I’d have me a mini farm: lol petting farm
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And yet eggs are around $2.75 a dozen in Canada in US money

If I wasn't so lazy I'd do the same like I did when I was a kid.

 

[FreedomPenguin]

I like animals, I just want a family of all animals. I’d have me a mini farm: lol petting farm

And yet eggs are around $2.75 a dozen in Canada in US money

If I wasn't so lazy I'd do the same like I did when I was a kid.
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Stupid question. Do chickens get mad when you take their eggs? Don’t they think they are their babies?

I’ve never had a chicken fyi I grew up on an island lol. I’d feel bad if chickens thought I was jacking their babies everyday

 

[fossil]

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Stupid question. Do chickens get mad when you take their eggs? Don’t they think they are their babies?

I’ve never had a chicken fyi I grew up on an island lol. I’d feel bad if chickens thought I was jacking their babies everyday
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Good one lol. Some hens will peck at you but NBD, no rooster no babies if it makes you feel better. when I was a sprout I was lightening quick.

I did get the counter top farm out of storage (hydroponic). 12" X 24" Makes all the fresh greens 2 people usually eat for salads and sandwiches. The store price has doubled plus in the past year and the tariffs will only make it worse.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

When Covid-19 struck the US, I started a small garden and bought chickens. I still keep a dozen or so. I give eggs to my coworkers with families and my boss. You should do the same as chickens are inexpensive to raise and will eat anything.

Also a chicken has a body temp of 99°F and if you have a greenhouse and design it with an enclosed chicken coop a few of them will go a long way in heating during winter!

ETA: I'm thinking about a 36" fish tank with chicken coop/cages over them plus led growing area above chickens!

 

[Prickly Pear]

Also a chicken has a body temp of 99°F and if you have a greenhouse and design it with an enclosed chicken coop a few of them will go a long way in heating during winter!

ETA: I'm thinking about a 36" fish tank with chicken coop/cages over them plus led growing area above chickens!

But if the chickens poop a bunch you have to deal with the Greenhouse gasses

 

[Ozarkbeard]

So are the body panels on the maverick aluminum? I have a very small nick near the tail light. If aluminum I won't worry. If steel I need to protect from rust.

The hood is aluminum. To test, get a magnet.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

But if the chickens poop a bunch you have to deal with the Greenhouse gasses

That's why you put poop eating fish tank under chickens. Then pump fish water into worm beds the plants are growing. Have some areas with wood chip compost that chickens will turn over for you.

 

[Prickly Pear]

That's why you put poop eating fish tank under chickens. Then pump fish water into worm beds the plants are growing. Have some areas with wood chip compost that chickens will turn over for you.

Wow - that's almost like perpetual motion

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Wow - that's almost like perpetual motion

Gotta git rid of humidity or chickens lungs will fill up

 

[FreedomPenguin]

Gotta git rid of humidity or chickens lungs will fill up

So difficult. I figure build them a little house, feed them and let them run in and out. Maybe put a little dog door in it.

 

[Milton Jeff]

Great job guys, you cleaned up a political thread...

 

[TonyS]

If Ford ships truck parts from the US to Mexico valued at $12,000 (on the US - Mexico Customs Declaration) and Mexico assembles the parts at a cost of $8,000, the tariff applies to the $8,000 and not the declared value of $20,000 ($12,000 + $8,000) from Mexico - US. Otherwise the tariff is being applied to parts ($12,000) manufactured in the US. Even if Ford sells the vehicle for $30,000 in the US, the tariff would be $2,000 (= 25% of $8,000). The $12,000 and $20,000 are referred to as Transfer Charges. They are immaterial to Ford's profit and are often set so as to minimise Ford's global tax liabilities. The tariff is an ad valorem tax not a sales tax.

If on the other hand a good contains no US parts (Canadian softwood for example), the tariff applies to the value on the Customs Declaration from Canada - US.

So, car prices won't increase by the tariff times the MSRP but something significantly less. Goods made 100% overseas will, however, see there cost/price by 25%, depending on how much the importer is willing to absorb.

Great explanation. But this is a Ford Maverick Forum. The Hybrid Maverick looks to be largely produced in Mexico. The only major made in America part I can determine is the transmission.

 

[Ron Neal]

I'm really hoping I don't have to go to 'Plan B' on my Lariat Hybrid AWD that's scheduled for production next week some time. Plan B is I keep my 2023 Lariat Hybrid FWD that has less than 6K miles on it. Absolutely no way I'm paying more than the price my dealer and I agreed on. As an added benefit, I won't have to take off all the mods I made to the '23 to put them on the '25.

I am in the same boat except I sold my 22 Maverick in Nov. Agree with you about not paying more.
Guess I better look for plan B or plan C just in case.

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