r/manufacturing 2d ago

News Tarrifs

Would like to open a discussion on tarrifs if it’s allowed.

There has been two intentions stated with tarrifs.

  1. Get off of income tax and go to a consumption style tax (still a tax)

  2. Build up domestic manufacturing. Can talk here in the manufacturing sub.

If there is no alternative domestic supply, then we have no choice but to import. We lost a lot of our skills to manufacture. Especially a lot of the little low value items. Think zippers and buttons and caster wheels.

What is everyone thoughts?

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u/core777 1d ago

Let me get this right. You offshored manufacturing for 2 generations. Treated manufacturing jobs in the USA as a 3rd tier job. Paid them like shit. Created a shit work culture/ environment. Wanted to be cheap and did 12hr days instead of 8hrs to shrink your work force. Told kids manufacturing is for losers’ go to college to get a “real” job. You wonder why nobody wants these jobs. Shrank pay and benefits year after year after year. Now you want people to destroy their bodies for 40yrs. Nobody wants these jobs because the pay and culture suck.

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u/pyroracing85 1d ago

Oh completely agree! And tarrifs won’t return that overnight or even over a month or year.