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If they want to continue selling at the same level, they will have to drop their prices to keep the price at what the market will bare. OtherwIse, that 20% mark up will create an opportunity for u.s. suppliers to actually be cheaper than mexico, there by shifting sales to the right side of the border, which would create jobs and increase income and corporate tax revenues. Also, an increase in output always equals a drop in individual piece prices. I California avocado farmer will sell 10000 crates cheaper per crate than 100, and still hold a higher margin for doing it. And if he doesnt, somebody else will drop their price to get that 10000 crate order. an increase in demand always encourages competition in the market. Trade barriers have worked for other countries there's no reason to think they won't also work for us.

You guys should watch reagans inauguration speech from his first term. Its on youtube, although I believe it is incorrectly labeled as his first state of the union speech. I was watching them a couple weeks ago. Kind of spookie how much he said 30 years ago sounds real familiar today. I guess its true, those who dont know history are doomed to repeat it. Apparently about every 30 years, or roughly every generation.

That was my understanding too, it would be made up through commerce.

I read before that money transfers from the u.s. are something like the 3rd or 4th largest portion of mexico's economy. We are also their largest trade partner. Basically, they're going to do what we want or they're screwed..... well, even more screwed, since they're already screwed.

Outstanding buck! Congrats to him on sticking with it and getting it done.

Guess we'll have to wait and see. It probably will work a little better than arresting people, dropping them at the border, then watching as they just stroll back in a few days later. Its a good thing that the bp is going to get some new infrastructure, funding and manpower.

Hey trophyhunter, I hope you're ready to spend another week 'bathing in liberal tears'! I can hear the pissing & moaning already. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/refugees-immigrants-wall-trump.html?_r=0

I think everyone would probably agree to that. Unfortunately, in a lot of these countries, mexico, many south american/african/eastern european countries, standing up to the people In power is a real good way to end up in a hole. And not alone either, theres a good chance your wife and kids will be there with you to set an example for anyone else that might feel like standing up for themselves. The mexican people will never get anything until the u.s. starts making harsh demands for development and backhanding the crap out of their government with sanctions. As they say, mkney talks and bs walks. So basically the ball is still In our court to act first.

Sounds like you worked yourself into a higher tax bracket. Instead of giving up the income, you need to get involved with a good financial planner if that's the case. Between things like sep IRA's & solo-401k's there's little reason to give the gov so much money that it's not worth earning. I dumped a small fortune into those things this year. The upside is that it dropped me down 2 tax brackets and while I certainly won't get a refund I probably won't have to write a check. The down side is I can't touch my money until I'm 59. But if I wrote that check to Uncle Sam instead I'd never see it again.

Happy birthday. Hope its a good one for you!

I would be willing to bet a lot that the houses they were building were not only selling cheaper, but also selling a lot fewer and a lot slower. I bought my first house in 2009. It had been built 3 or 4 years earlier and sold for $308k. I got it as a foreclosure for $125k. There was so many houses on the market, it was rediculous. Houses that were only a couple years old and some still had furniture in them because the people who lost it couldnt afford a moving van. There were some short sales that were brand new, never lived in.

Its where all the giant deer are.... and apparently it's a super big secret so dont tell anyone.

Amazing bucks. Congrats to you guys.

Thats awesome! Good for him, thats a heck of a winning streak.

Awesome! That was good for a chuckle.

Nature is merciless. Saw a similar video where a muley killed another buck a while ago. I guess these snowflakes need to head on out and mark off some safe places for those weaker bucks.

I probably should have clarified but I was talking about times when you aren't sneaking around but crashing, stomping, laughing and talking. There is no question that they knew I was there. I have also watched bedded deer remain in their beds while people passed by them. The deer knew they were there but weren't spooked. Kind of like when you are sitting on the couch and hear a fire truck. You are aware of it but you only really pay attention to it when they cut off the siren and you know it's close but you wonder where it went? Yeah, it definitely seems like you always kick one up when you're not paying attention. I always come in pretty loud to the trail cameras so that whatever is there will hear me and move off on their own rather than trying to sneak in and then spook something. I've had pictures on my cameras within less than 20 minutes of me leaving. I also think they don't tend to get as alarmed if they can hear you coming from a ways off, but certainly wouldn't stalk them like that. Bottom line is stalking is the toughest way to kill a deer. It's a good move to get advise from others so as to not have to learn everything on your own through trial and error, but it's one of those skills that has to be practiced in the field. And you'll have to see a lot of little deer butts bouncing away before you ever get good at it. Sure is a fun way to hunt though.

If theyre in sight, then they can see you too. The minute you start a stalk, you need to drop over the backside of the hill you are glassing from and get out of sight, circle around and come up above them. Deer can bust you at 800 yards, especially if you move quickly or skyline yourself. Its not uncommon for them to stay put and see what you're going to do, and then split as soon as they lose sight of you. If you're going to try to stalk head on, better find yourself an invisibility cloak.

Congrats on your pig. They are a blast to hunt.

Nice! Congrats to both of you!

Went up to prescott this weekend and they got some pretty good snow fall. Ive been in phoenix so long id forgotten how cold that stuff is!

My wife had some 'friends' that were giving her a hard time a couple months ago for voting for trump. Finally she tells these gals 'tell me 3 things obama did that helped the American people? ' between them they came up with 1.) Gay marriage, and 2.) One of them knew somebody that had a friend who was finally able to get a surgery he needed because of obama care.... Not sure those two things out weigh the degeneration of American solidarity, the insane spike in racial tensions, the bold acts of violence against leos and the more than doubling of health care costs for tens of millions of working class families, but hey, I guess its enough for some people.

Ive been shooting 380 grains at 275 fps for years and have seen those arrows blow right through coues, mule deer, Nebraska whitetails and javelina. I do not believe mine would pass through on a shoulder hit, but I think yours probably would as youre driving a lot more ke down range than my srtup is. Either way, you have more than sufficient ke, so just pick what you like and what you feel shoots the best, then don't lose any sleep over it. For what its worth, every year women and youth hunters kill deer, bears elk and all kinds of other stuff shooting low ke 40# bows and light arrows. Sure more ke doesnt hurt anything, but at some point it goes beyond whats necessary and becomes marketing gibberish. Like advertising 500hp cars that'll go 200 mph... who cares, buying it wont add an inch to anything and neither will shooting a bow that drives telephone poles down range at 400 fps. So dont obsess over it.

Theres about a million string makers now, many of whom have diehard followers. Ive been using winners choice for about 15 years and have no interest in switching.

Awesome! Congrats on the javi.