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Originally Posted by flashfire
Trump goes on Letterman and rips Obama for China then Dave pulls out all Trumps shitty products made there lol
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That was pretty funny.
But the flip side of it is this: If Trump had the ties made in the U.S. they would be so expensive nobody would buy them.
I think we should be looking at all the reasons that companies go to places like China to make products. Yeah, I know we can't compete with their labor costs. But we could do other things to make business more attractive here in the U.S.
Lower taxes for one. Fed, state, and local govt. making it easier and less expensive for business to operate is another one.
Instead of being angry at companies for leaving the U.S., let's create an environment where they won't want or need to leave here. Make it so that the U.S. is the BEST place to manufacture and that is where the jobs will go.
I saw that happen with my own two eyes in the 1990's when South Carolina brought BMW to the upstate of South Carolina. They did it by giving them tons of concessions on taxes and fees. The economy roared back to life when that plant went into production making BMW Z3 sports cars. People got good high paying jobs and it trickled down over the entire Greenville/Spartanburg area.
That is how you get companies to manufacture locally instead of going to China. You make it more attractive for them financially.