The problem is that we don’t actually make anything here. We have the entire supply chain for almost nothing within our borders!
Goods don’t just materialize. They require raw materials, refinement, processing, and often assembly.
We don’t have the infrastructure to make it all either.
Fools 🫠
Goods don’t just materialize. They require raw materials, refinement, processing, and often assembly.
We don’t have the infrastructure to make it all either.
Fools 🫠
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But the idea that factories provide thousands of good jobs is a fantasy in today's automated world.
The demand of the US population far exceeds the ability of the US to supply, and that’s been true for decades.
The former admin did a lot to help, but this is not a problem that can be addressed by tariffs. It
Those who failed to pursue their education in order to enter the service economy
could’ve been helped via upskilling programs, the one good (Ivanka) Trump
the first reign of Trump. 😒
The problems are real, but the proposed solutions are entirely harmful with no help included.
Apple pays China $100 to make a phone then sells it for $1,000 in the EU
Making the phone here isn't won't add much value which is in the engineering/IP.
It all doesn’t get where it’s going magically on its own.
We just also need to help those folks along who are getting left behind, not try to drag everyone backward to them.