Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by Sparkle-san on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:51AM
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The ROI isn't 5 years, it's more that it won't generate any returns for 5 years and those returns might not pan out depending on policy change. If you build an American factory and right as it's getting up and running, the next administration rolls back all tariffs, you're left with massive debt and everyone undercutting your prices.
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Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by myflash13 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:55AM
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Risk. It's called "doing business". Anyone who has built anything great took risks because they had a vision and believed in it. They weren't "rent seeking" and looking for guaranteed returns.
Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by sharemywin on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @10:12AM
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the upside has to justify the risk or it isn't a good investment.
Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by BizarroLand on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:43AM
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There's a mousetrap down that hall and I don't smell any cheese
Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by senordevnyc on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:58AM
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Show 'em how it's done then.
Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by Remnant44 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:14PM
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You're missing half the equation.
It's Risk vs Reward. Anyone who built something great took huge risks, for a huge return.
There is no return here. At best, you've sunk a ton of capital into a low-profit business that is propped up only by government subsidy.
Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
by sharemywin on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @10:10AM
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probably why congress should be putting tariffs into laws.