Tariffs are a terrible idea because of what this board educates men on.

[Todd Thundercock]

The concept of tariffs makes sense. China and various Asian countries use borderline slave labor with non-existent quality control that we can't compete with, so use government to force change.

But, first we need infrastructure which isn't here. That's not only because it's cheaper to use Chink slave labor, it's because there's no incentive for men to work. You cannot institute changes like this when the family unit has been utterly destroyed, and all parties of government have enabled this.

 

[Dr. Butane]

Small shops will struggle since outsourcing is how they make profits. So those will crumble to the ground.

 

[Emba]

I'm just glad that I can be poorer now

 

[Excalibur]

The government must first deregulate industry before expecting reindustrialization. Tariffs are helpful and important in bringing back manufacturing to America, but in order for the factories to be built and expanded quickly, the government must roll back on all the regulations and bureaucratic hurdles that make it impossible to build and sustain factories in this country in the first place.

 

[lifesucksandyoudie]

You aren't going to find many Americans willing to wageslave away for abysmal salaries anymore even if they moved jobs back. You can change legislation but you can't change people to revert back to the past once social change already happened.

 

[Zer0/∞]

China and various Asian countries use borderline slave labor with non-existent quality control that we can't compete with, so use government to force change.

Complete bs, their government invests billions into education and developing their major industries unlike ours which bails out the losers and lets students graduate without being able to basic math.

 

[Excalibur]

You aren't going to find many Americans willing to wageslave away for abysmal salaries anymore even if they moved jobs back. You can change legislation but you can't change people to revert back to the past once social change already happened.

Most manufacturing in America, as in the rest of the West, is automated with advanced technology. Most of the jobs in American factories are maintenance work which pays more and is generally more rewarding than mundane assembly line tasks.

 

[Zer0/∞]

The government must first deregulate industry before expecting reindustrialization. Tariffs are helpful and important in bringing back manufacturing to America, but in order for the factories to be built and expanded quickly, the government must roll back on all the regulations and bureaucratic hurdles that make it impossible to build and sustain factories in this country in the first place.

Deregulation by itself is overrated, you need the government to commit trillions of dollars into infrastructure, R&D, and making it easier to seize property for industrial development.

 

[Excalibur]

you need the government to commit trillions of dollars into infrastructure, R&D, and making it easier to seize property for industrial development.

Dirigisme might work, but I doubt our government will ever go through with it as it comes with too many strings attached and could backfire in the long run as it has in other countries in the past. Deregulation may be slower and less drastic, but it’s the safer and more likely option that will benefit the country in the long run if used wisely alongside tariffs.