Raising tariffs aren’t going to fix it. That’s just more money to the government. More taxes. Good idea.
China is already in danger of food shortages. The stories of tons of low wage labor just waiting to crush the USA is BS.
Automation has replaced many manual labor jobs. The fact that these were ever good paying jobs was the result of the false economy resulting from the USA coming out of WWII unscathed. Those days are over and will never come back.
We need 21st century jobs, not 1950’s jobs. Unfortunately, our horrible education system leaves us unprepared for such jobs, even if they did exist.
Tariffs do not address any of this.
Cut the individual income tax by an equal amount. That'll make it revenue neutral, except for the economic growth from more Americans working.
China is already in danger of food shortages. The stories of tons of low wage labor just waiting to crush the USA is BS."
China puts out a story every week for the last 10 years about how they are about to crash. It's propaganda to keep us from reacting to the huge trade deficit with them. I don't care about Chinese food shortages even if they exist. That's their problem. We've got 100 million Americans on food stamps and AP says 4 out of 5 Americans are facing poverty. This didn't happen because of Obamacare. Remember the 2008 banking crash happened while Bush was still in office. This is the result of decades of bad policy. Our stores are full of Chinese made goods and Americans are out of work.
"Automation has replaced many manual labor jobs."
If unemployment was high and the stores were full of American made goods, I'd say Automation was the cause. But the stores are full of Chinese made goods.
"We need 21st century jobs, not 1950’s jobs. Unfortunately, our horrible education system leaves us unprepared for such jobs, even if they did exist."
No this is pipe dream crap. This is Obama's claiming he want's only high paying jobs while Americans sit out of work. We are innovating and shipping the new jobs overseas just as fast as we innovate. And we will continue to do so as long as the import tariffs stay low.