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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 145 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cramer built his career on misleading investors to pad hedge funds’ profit margins. His opinion on literally everything should be immediately discarded.

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] willis936@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He is the most regarded person on television.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I am the most regarded off television.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Jim Cramer is a piece of shit

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

Hey but at least he's an idiot.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

nah he's not a piece he's the entire shit

[–] notabird@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, don't these assholes complain about Immigrants stealing jobs of Americans? Now, they want to send the jobs overseas?

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No you see outsourcing jobs is good for conservatives because it prevents illegal immigration and increases profits for the shareholders.

Making living conditions in Mexico so good that they wouldn’t want to come north to our shithole country is the best way to fight illegal immigration and totally pwn the libs.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Why does Jim Kramer hate America?

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

Because fucking over the average American is extremely profitable and he’s gotten rich off of misleading people with his “expert advice”

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 40 points 2 years ago

Mexicans should unionize.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, who's going to move all the existing tooling to factory sites in Mexico then? Where are they even going to find good factory sites in Mexico with access to good transportation (ports and rails) and skilled labor force on such short notice?

Moving manufacturing is a major undertaking for any company, of course, I don't expect someone like Jim Kramer to know that.

[–] jonne 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's already car manufacturing in Mexico, it's not like it's unprecedented. Obviously they can't do it overnight, but it's not unheard of.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Of course, but the thing is, it's been decades since NAFTA, and all the good sites for manufacturing has all been taken by someone already. So, if they try to move now, not only will they have to build the factory, they'll have to also build power stations/railways/port expansions, which could take multiple years.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anyone remember when he went on The Daily Show and Jon Stewart scolded him like a naughty child and he couldn't do anything but sit there and take it? Good times.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Got a link by any chance? Jon stewart scolding somebody is a fun 5min entertainment while on the shitter.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you random stranger, it was a good poop haha

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[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Isn't that the go-to threat from most companies nowadays? "If we don't get our way, we're MOVING TO MEXICO"

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Not always Mexico, but yeah outside the US. Many of them have followed through with that. As capitalism pushes harder and harder for profits companies continue to look for ways to cut costs. Moving production to countries with cheaper labor and lax safety regulations is an easy way to do so.

[–] TheTurducken@mander.xyz 28 points 2 years ago

After they hear this, I expect the big three to immediatly cease all manufacturing in Mexico and add a UAW seat on the Board of Directors. Cramer's advice should never be ignored.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Anybody that thought Cramer was for anything but infinite rise in profit no matter the cost hasn't really been paying attention to his entire history of shilling for corporate interests.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Is Jim Cramer still a POS? Yep!

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought I remembered hearing something about an "inverse Cramer" ETF being created, which invest opposite to whatever he recommends.

[–] Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hasn't VW proven that's a bad idea? I mean look at the reliability issues they've been having

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm out of the loop. I was under the impression all American car manufacturing started in Mexico and ended in the American Midwest / South. So it would just be moving production down that line. Did VW do manufacturing entirely in Mexico? Does VW have reliability issues? I stopped my interest after the Diesel scandal.

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

Move the executive jobs to Mexico too

[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But the UAW base is the type of people that buy your products. So whats with the constant war on your own customer base. I would imagine your customers having more to spend allows them to buy more of your products...

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Although Henry Ford was a fucking Nazi, he had a lot of good common sense business and economic points. He made sure all of his employees could easily afford the cars they were building and it made an empire.

How did we get to this point where a large portion of the country somehow believes workers shouldn't be able to afford to buy anything?

[–] dumdum666@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is actually easy: They don’t think about the economy as a whole. They only look what might suit them best in this exact moment to increase „shareholder value“ for a short moment.

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[–] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Here lies the contradiction of Capitalism.

[–] mwguy 10 points 2 years ago

They'll find out that they have to pay the Cartels a big tax.

[–] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

And in response to that we should [REDACTED] him.

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