Harley-Davidson vs the E.U.?
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Draco
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April....
Point 1: Tarriffs.
The Prime Minister of my country (NZ) Mrs Helen Clark has just been to visit USA and specifically asked Dubya to exempt NZ from the steel tariffs. Why? Because its an unfair tarriff which places our major steel mill in jeopardy of having to shed some of its workforce because of that very tarriff. We recently got slapped with a 30% tarriff on sheepmeat exports to the US as well (brought in by Bill Clinton). Why? Because your sheep farmers are inefficient too. We sell our sheepmeat all over the world. New Zealand Lamb is famous from the UK to the USA to the Middle East. We charge fair market value, but our farmers dont get a kickback from the government or protection from other countries because of it. They either compete in the real world market or they fall by the wayside. We dont have 'protectionist' traffics here in NZ, a company either competes at fair market or goes under. SIMPLE AS THAT. If you cant compete on the world stage, you get off it, you dont whinge and whine to your Govenor or Senator or whatever to get the goalposts moved to favour your hometeam.
IF the steel industry in the US is so in-efficient, fix it. Dont penalise the rest of the worlds indusrties that are efficient.
America espouses itself as a FREE MARKET ECONOMY: Thats UTTER crap, its a protected state. Its time the playing field got levelled. We'd soon see who stands or falls then.
Point 2: Harleys:
No where in my post did I state one is better than the other. IMHO, a bike is a bike, is a bike: You ride for the sheer enjoyment of it. We ride different bikes for different strokes: Why dont you "Get Over It". I dunno why you get so bitchy, it aint even your thread!
Point 1: Tarriffs.
The Prime Minister of my country (NZ) Mrs Helen Clark has just been to visit USA and specifically asked Dubya to exempt NZ from the steel tariffs. Why? Because its an unfair tarriff which places our major steel mill in jeopardy of having to shed some of its workforce because of that very tarriff. We recently got slapped with a 30% tarriff on sheepmeat exports to the US as well (brought in by Bill Clinton). Why? Because your sheep farmers are inefficient too. We sell our sheepmeat all over the world. New Zealand Lamb is famous from the UK to the USA to the Middle East. We charge fair market value, but our farmers dont get a kickback from the government or protection from other countries because of it. They either compete in the real world market or they fall by the wayside. We dont have 'protectionist' traffics here in NZ, a company either competes at fair market or goes under. SIMPLE AS THAT. If you cant compete on the world stage, you get off it, you dont whinge and whine to your Govenor or Senator or whatever to get the goalposts moved to favour your hometeam.
IF the steel industry in the US is so in-efficient, fix it. Dont penalise the rest of the worlds indusrties that are efficient.
America espouses itself as a FREE MARKET ECONOMY: Thats UTTER crap, its a protected state. Its time the playing field got levelled. We'd soon see who stands or falls then.
Point 2: Harleys:
No where in my post did I state one is better than the other. IMHO, a bike is a bike, is a bike: You ride for the sheer enjoyment of it. We ride different bikes for different strokes: Why dont you "Get Over It". I dunno why you get so bitchy, it aint even your thread!
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Re: April....
Level playing field... with ONE superpower! Oh, That's hilarious.
The Yanks just stuffed a tarriff on Canadian softwood lumber, even though it puts housing prices up in the Pacific Northwest and California...due to higher-priced US lumber... er Timber, to the Brit-speakers.
Consequently, British Columbia's unemployment rate is into the clouds.
No, but I did. That was me she was sniping at. Hawg riders are very, very, sensitive about their equipment.
Draco said:
Level playing field... with ONE superpower! Oh, That's hilarious.
The Yanks just stuffed a tarriff on Canadian softwood lumber, even though it puts housing prices up in the Pacific Northwest and California...due to higher-priced US lumber... er Timber, to the Brit-speakers.
Consequently, British Columbia's unemployment rate is into the clouds.
No, but I did. That was me she was sniping at. Hawg riders are very, very, sensitive about their equipment.
Kitte
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April said:Kitte, it sounds like you have a crappy dealer, just out to make a buck. Have you tried different ones in your area? Maybe an independent bike shop. After all, your 1956 Panhead is not under warranty.
It is actually the prevailing attitude among Harley dealers. And Of course our bike isnt under warrenty silly! But we were just going for a state mandated inspection that was all. Wouldnt trust those hacks with our baby in a million years!
Kitte, just tossing out ideas. I've never encountered an attitude like that, but then, I have never owned such a classic bike. Either way, they sound like assholes.
As for the rest of it, I refuse to respond anymore.
PMS, and the fangs have come out, so I'm outta here.
Jimi, you're a sweetie.
As for the rest of it, I refuse to respond anymore.
PMS, and the fangs have come out, so I'm outta here.
Jimi, you're a sweetie.
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