US-Präsident Donald Trump nervt die Weltwirtschaft mit Zöllen. Hilft es, Produkte amerikanischer Konzerne zu meiden, möglichst nur noch „europäisch“ zu kaufen?
I don’t want to be downvoted, but it is true people currently working for US businesses (think factories and marketing departments) will lose their jobs if a lot of people stop buying their products.
At the same time, if instead people buy similar european products and these eu companies grow they will need more people.
It is quite possible these expanding eu companies are hiring before the us companies are firing, which would increase demand for these people who could lose their job. In turn, these people could ask a higher price for their service and earn a better wage.
Also, eu companies tend to treat their workers better so even if they don’t get better pay them switching jobs could give them better circumstances.
Even if we completely stop buying certain products people losing their jobs because of that is a stupid and manipulative argument.
If I e.g. do not buy a car (because I live in a walkable European city) that will likely lead to lost jobs in the car industry (as I am sure the lobbyists for that industry will point out publicly loudly and often) but it is not as if that money I would have spent on a car isn’t spent on other things I wouldn’t have been able to buy if I had to spend money on a car. So there are no job losses, just a redistribution of jobs between the industries on which I choose to spend my money.
No job losses isn’t the same as nobody loses their job tho. Don’t really disagree with you but the ‘redistribution of jobs’ can be quite unpleasant if it is you switching jobs. But end of the day, you are right, there should be another job waiting for them.
It is only a job loss in the same sense that a lost future sale is a loss of sales. Someone having a job now does not entitle them to dictate that everyone else should keep spending on the industry they work in just so the jobs in that industry keep existing.
I agree with you, but there is a reason people fear losing their job. Losing something you have does not equal losing something you might have in the future. But I don’t think it’s fair to defend the incoms US companies by scaring people about them possibly losing their source of income.
I don’t want to be downvoted, but it is true people currently working for US businesses (think factories and marketing departments) will lose their jobs if a lot of people stop buying their products.
At the same time, if instead people buy similar european products and these eu companies grow they will need more people.
It is quite possible these expanding eu companies are hiring before the us companies are firing, which would increase demand for these people who could lose their job. In turn, these people could ask a higher price for their service and earn a better wage.
Also, eu companies tend to treat their workers better so even if they don’t get better pay them switching jobs could give them better circumstances.
Those workers aren’t really in trouble.
Even if we completely stop buying certain products people losing their jobs because of that is a stupid and manipulative argument.
If I e.g. do not buy a car (because I live in a walkable European city) that will likely lead to lost jobs in the car industry (as I am sure the lobbyists for that industry will point out publicly loudly and often) but it is not as if that money I would have spent on a car isn’t spent on other things I wouldn’t have been able to buy if I had to spend money on a car. So there are no job losses, just a redistribution of jobs between the industries on which I choose to spend my money.
No job losses isn’t the same as nobody loses their job tho. Don’t really disagree with you but the ‘redistribution of jobs’ can be quite unpleasant if it is you switching jobs. But end of the day, you are right, there should be another job waiting for them.
It is only a job loss in the same sense that a lost future sale is a loss of sales. Someone having a job now does not entitle them to dictate that everyone else should keep spending on the industry they work in just so the jobs in that industry keep existing.
I agree with you, but there is a reason people fear losing their job. Losing something you have does not equal losing something you might have in the future. But I don’t think it’s fair to defend the incoms US companies by scaring people about them possibly losing their source of income.