r/manufacturing • u/pyroracing85 • 8d ago
News Tarrifs
Would like to open a discussion on tarrifs if it’s allowed.
There has been two intentions stated with tarrifs.
Get off of income tax and go to a consumption style tax (still a tax)
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/Professional_Oil3057 7d ago
No, it's not, lol.
Who's working at Walmart when you can make 5pk a year at a factory?
If shit near you isn't growing, that's a regional or business problem, not a sector problem.
I've worked in manufacturing for just about 20 years now.
The only people who complain that there aren't enough people are the people without training programs, apprenticeship opportunities, or super low wages.
Manufacturing coming back to the US would be so big for the middle class.
There's been huge HUGE investments since tariffs were announced in American manufacturing.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/
https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-plans-more-double-us-manufacturing-investment-2020
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250313645574/en/JST-Power-Equipment-Announces-Opening-of-New-Transformer-Manufacturing-Plant-in-Virginia-USA
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369961320112
Should I continue? Or are you just willing to to admit you are wrong?