Posted on 08/02/2017 9:34:37 AM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
Yes, but was it made in China? Recently I needed some 3/4 inch premium finished plywood, the worker at Home Depot helped me in getting some sheets, and he told me he was amazed that it was $24 a sheet, because they were previously selling for $40 a sheet. The new $24 stuff was made in China.
Free Republic has outed some real hypocrites. They tell us reduce taxes and regulations and manufacturing will come back. It isn't true they don't want that. WI did that to get Foxconn to come back and many here were "disgusted" that the state gave them a tax break.. All of you Free Traitors can KMA.
B) Try to maintain some logical consistency. The following statement by you:
Squeezing every tiny fraction of a penny to save labor by off shoring is killing the USA when most processes are automatized anyway.
Which is it? Is squeezing every penny by offshoring or automation killing the USA?
But how do you stop offshoring? Simple. A tariff which protects US industry and produce non income tax revenue. Win-win.
If you believe in automation then having the factories here, with the higher labor cost associated with US labor, would be huge incentive to automate. When you have peasant that will work for $2.00/hr(or less) there is less reason to automate.
“There is no substitute for a tariff. Especially when every other country applies then to our exports.”
Not only do other countries use tariffs they employ non-tariff barriers (costly inspections, special labeling, product modifications). Many also subsidize exports with discounted loans for capital spending, tax relief, and export rebates.
I was disappointed the GOP Congress caved on the border adjustment tax.
U.S. Department of Commerce Finds Dumping and Subsidization of Imports of Softwood Lumber from Canada
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