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Which is more beneficial to the economy - 1000 people buying a Ford Fiesta - or one person buying a Ferrari?

Depends on whose economy you want to benefit:
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, China, India,
Thailand, and South Africa for the Fiesta:
or Italy for the Ferrari?

The Ford Fiesta is a supermini marketed by Ford since 1976 over seven generations and manufactured globally, including in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, China, India, Thailand, and South Africa.
Ford Fiesta - Wikipedia

If we want to really help the economy here, we
need to bring back ground up manufacturing.
 
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Then we need to address what places like China have as an advantage over us - heavily invested in and planned out infrastructure.

Steve Jobs said that it wasn’t labor cost, taxes, etc that made them pick China. It was because they were heads and shoulders above us in manufacturing ability. The place that manufactures the screens? Right down the street from the place that manufactures the cases, which is right across from the place that manufactures other components.

They make a design change on the screen? A prototype was ready within the day and delivered. Everything was centralized and well planned out. With that - America could not compete.
 
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And ok I didn’t research the specifics of where the fiesta was manufactured - lol - for the sake of my queation’s economic point.

Ford fiesta is manufactured entirely here
Ferrari is an American company

Which benefits the economy more - 1000 people of low to medium means buying the Ford Fiesta - or the one person buying a Ferrari?
 
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And ok I didn’t research the specifics of where the fiesta was manufactured - lol - for the sake of my queation’s economic point.

Ford fiesta is manufactured entirely here
Ferrari is an American company

Which benefits the economy more - 1000 people of low to medium means buying the Ford Fiesta - or the one person buying a Ferrari?

You would have to determine a few things for a comparison.
(1000:1 is extreme unless the Ferrari is worth about $15M)

1. How many Fiestas can you buy for the price of a Ferrari?
2. How many of each sell per year?
3. How many people sell and service that number of cars?
4. Cost of maintenance and upkeep? Taxes?
 
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You would have to determine a few things for a comparison.
(1000:1 is extreme unless the Ferrari is worth about $15M)

1. How many Fiestas can you buy for the price of a Ferrari?
2. How many of each sell per year?
3. How many people sell and service that number of cars?
4. Cost of maintenance and upkeep? Taxes?

Tax benefits that are geared toward the middle class and benefit them yield far more recipients than tax advantages that target the extremely wealthy. So there will be far more fiestas sold than ferraris. lol
 
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Tax benefits that are geared toward the middle class and benefit them yield far more recipients than tax advantages that target the extremely wealthy. So there will be far more fiestas sold than ferraris. lol

So, we should take everything down to the lowest denominator?
Let the luxury item manufacturers go out of business because
nobody will be able to afford their products any more?
 
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So, we should take everything down to the lowest denominator?
Let the luxury item manufacturers go out of business because
nobody will be able to afford their products any more?

If you’re talking about what actually drives the economy, for the first part of your question, yes.

As for the second part - do you really believe with the tax structure we currently have that the 1% are buying those items with the last morsel of money they have left? That they’re levied that thin?
 
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If you’re talking about what actually drives the economy, for the first part of your question, yes.

As for the second part - do you really believe with the tax structure we currently have that the 1% are buying those items with the last morsel of money they have left? That they’re levied that thin?

I think they're taxed enough that some look at their pay
in September and figure if they work more, it will mostly
go to the government, so they take a sabbatical. Why do
you think that someone making more should take home
less money?

Remember, even the 1% are not the ultra rich. Those are
the ones who don't have a paycheck because their money
was handed down to them like the Kennedys or they got
married to a rich woman, like John Kerry.
 
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If you want to know the problem, it's giveaways, not
low taxes on the rich. You may think that given the name
'tax refund', that the people getting money actually paid
it in first. Not the case. People with no jobs and three kids
can get thousands for each kid from the IRS. And that's
just tax season, not counting welfare, food stamps, HUD
and other supplemental programs.
 
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Canada has outlawed masculinity, not that the
politicians had much at any time.
Projecting again?

When a leader alienates of of their best allies, this is a stupid thing to do. Trying to justifying it by saying other country "outlawed masculinity" is just silly. They were obviously "more masculine" than Trump because they effectively told Trump where to go. So Trump is "less masculine" than politicians in a country that "outlawed masculinity."

Oh oh!
 
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What does that have to do with the post? You are the one who found it necessary to insult a country. I just pointed out that your insult was much more applicable to the man you adore.

I proved my post is more than vitriol because I
hate a person or country. That is the only thing
that keeps the anti-Trump movement going.
They are blinded by hatred because he defeated
the anointed one and made the mainstream
media look like the political hacks that they are.
 
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I proved my post is more than vitriol because I
hate a person or country. That is the only thing
that keeps the anti-Trump movement going.
They are blinded by hatred because he defeated
the anointed one and made the mainstream
media look like the political hacks that they are.
That is very interesting, you can read my and other's minds. How long have you had this super power?
 
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That is very interesting, you can read my and other's minds. How long have you had this super power?

Since you post your hatred many times a day normally.
It's like a kid finger painting on the walls and denying it
even when caught still doing it.
 
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Whether a ruler/President is "LIKED" by other countries is not necessarily an accurate assessment of anything bad about the ruler/President. Not at all.
Youre kidding arent you. The government takes care of managing the country. The job of its leader should at least involve establishing positive relations internationally. For you to imagine how he is considered doesnt matter is totally incredulous to me. He represents your country. He is viewed poorly in the extreme meaning that the USA is seen very poorly as a nation. But I get it that perhaps youre meaning is that the citizens of the USA couldn't couldn't care less how other nations view them.
 
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