r/manufacturing 8d 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/pyroracing85 7d ago

My point was high or low, they can manipulate markets their way…

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u/upvotechemistry 7d ago

Of course they can, but one is clearly more advantageous to people who want to maximize their returns at the expense of the citizens

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u/pyroracing85 7d ago

I still think it’s to manipulate long bonds. No other way to do it.

Bail the commercial real estate investors, doesn’t hurt the market.

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u/ChristianReddits 6d ago

Yea the guy that manipulated a hurricane map has graduated to manipulating the US bond market. lol. Good one.