03-06-2025, 01:05 PM
(03-05-2025, 12:33 PM)bravado Wrote: I’m sure that American customers of that new Civic will love the increased price tag!
Either way, viewing the world as one big gladiator arena where you have to stab the next guy to get what you “deserve” is a great way to look at life. Hope it works out for you!
Putting such arbitrary costs on producing a thing abroad might bring that thing back home eventually, but the costs haven’t gone away. Hope we’re all ok with paying more for less.
In our current world where items are cheap (technology, food, consumer good) and services are expensive, making items expensive again is an interesting choice.
I'm not sure you're understanding the importance of creating a strong manufacturing base within your borders
- Large capital inflow to build new and/or renovate existing facilities (creates high-paying local construction jobs)
- Manufacturing plants drive demand for local talent and supply numerous medium to highly-skilled positions
- Regional supply chain demand grows to support plant operations leading to more indirect job and business opportunities
- Ability to export product grows due to regional/national economic stability generating further revenues
- Reduced dependence on other countries for critical products (ie. semiconductor manufacturing concentrated in Taiwan) - this is a massive geopolitical risk that can be minimized or downright eliminated. This is actually happening at a large scale as Intel, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor), Samsung, Micron and others are building massive chip fabs within the US - Hundreds upon hundreds of billions invested
Your Civic example fails to take into account that most people will be wealthier due to the increased amount of higher paying jobs available
How do you think China became the powerhouse it is today? It wasn't through retail, technology, agriculture, commodities....it starts with an M