• Zerlyna@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I buy parts internationally for a domestic manufacturer. The parts are as good if not better than us made. They are also 50-75% less than US WITH the current 25% tariff. Another 20-30% increase isn’t going to bring it back to the US, it will just increase costs.

    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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      6 hours ago

      All that says is that we need to increase import costs 80-85% and instate a labor tariff so that the company has to pay taxes equal to a US citizen for every offshore employee.

      • Zerlyna@lemmy.world
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        6 minutes ago

        Sure ok. Things cost 4x more. Are they going to pay us 4x more? Musk said we need to buckle down and quit spending. Spending money is the one thing keeping the economy out of a recession or depression. Can’t have it both ways.