Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 3 days agoPlus, think about the logistics of that.
Goods produced in the US are categorically more expensive due to infrastructure, cost of living (and therefore wage expectations). If we could wave a magic wand to transplant an effective manufacturing facility from Pakistan and place it in rural Mississippi, hire Americans to do the work, and begin pumping out goods, the price to produce the goods would increase substantially.
Americans wouldn’t be able to afford American made goods, which is true even now. Many Americans try to buy American “when possible”, but cost quickly outweighs patriotism.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Your last paragraph is completely off course and backwards. Americans can’t afford American made goods previously because of the outsourcing.
We’re proposing the Henry Ford model of paying your workers enough to be able to afford your products.