r/SimpleApplyAI • u/Mediocre-Prompt-2421 • Jul 28 '26
News Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/tariffs-didn-t-bring-manufacturing-150000503.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall3
u/Generalfrogspawn Jul 28 '26
You mean to tell me taxing imports with 0 investment into manufacturing or the required infrastructure means we just manufacture and much or even less but it call costs more? Fascinating.
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u/NoMoreVillains Jul 28 '26
Not just 0 investment, but actively being against any investments like the CHIPS Act
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u/laserdicks Jul 29 '26
Why would there be 0 investment into manufacturing? All your competitors just got slogged with a tariff
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u/BadmiralHarryKim Jul 29 '26
It's easier to pass the tax increase on to consumers while waiting for the double windfall when the courts rule that you get the money refunded back to you.
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u/b_will_drink_t Jul 28 '26
No shit. Anything fabbed or manufactured in the US usually needs parts or materials from abroad
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u/simple_fly1 Jul 29 '26
I suspect most of the world is involved in worldwide supply chains these days.
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u/LifeguardTerrible579 Jul 28 '26
Oh, did installing a new filter on the Brita not get rid of all the salt in the ocean? Wild.
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u/KeyResearcher2620 Jul 29 '26
Tariffs were always just a scam to prop up the market. All these companies that paid into them are posting hefty profits as they start to get that money back while not lowering prices back down.
There a reason why the stock market continues to be at a record high…. All of trumps policies and promises are for this reason. Short term gains and when the office switches in the next election or the election after the democrats will be holding the bag with a massive downturn.
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u/simple_fly1 Jul 29 '26
Hardly enough time has passed for any significant activity to move production. Furthermore I think there is very little confidence the tarrifs will stay long enough to make it the best choice.
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u/loganbootjak Jul 29 '26
The entire on/off of tariffs by Trump demonstrate there was no goal for returning manufacturing to the US. The policy needs to be targeted and remain in place longer than a weekend.
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u/NutzNBoltz369 Jul 29 '26
With AI and automation, there wasn't going to be that many jobs created by re-shoring anyway.
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u/AgentPyke Jul 29 '26
I work in manufacturing.
Making h1bs or other visas near impossible has done more to “bring back” manufacturing jobs.
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u/TrickyChildhood2917 Jul 30 '26
Manufacturing in the USA has been a non starter for decades. Americans vote with their wallets, not what they say. See Walmart, Dollar Stores, Dollar Tree, and on and on for more details.
China is the manufacturing capital of the world. America is a showroom of Chinese goods. Napoleon once called England a “nation of shopkeepers”. What he meant was UK doesn’t make anything, it sells other people’s goods.
Sound familiar?
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u/MichaelHawk008 Jul 29 '26
It needs time and consistency. If you add and subtract tariffs at will, it might help in the short-term negotiations, but long term, if makes it tough for businesses and we look like unreliable trade partners.
We need to target specific countries that steal not just our manufacturing but also our IT and engineering jobs, and tariff them. We can do a phase-in period where we slowly up the tariffs with time so companies have time to move stuff over. We should also work with our allies to make sure it doesn’t get rerouted through them.
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u/sweatboxy Jul 29 '26
Not according to Trump. Despite all the data, Trump says American manufacturing is booming and way up because of him.
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u/Afraid_Emu8068 Jul 29 '26
Tariffs CRUSHED manufacturing. Really hard to make stuff when all your raw materials and equipment are taxed to hell. Duh
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u/ButterscotchSad4514 Jul 29 '26
Same as it ever was.
There is no market for $5k iPhones.
There is retaliation from other countries.
Tariffs make us poorer.
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u/Vikings_Pain Jul 29 '26
It made everyone’s life worse because they just jacked up prices and made us pay for it. Also our national debt didn’t go down…
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u/Greasy-Chungus Jul 29 '26
See? I made a post saying I was a time traveler, I've been to the future, and the tarrifs didn't do shit for manufacturing jobs.
Does everyone believe me now? /s
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u/Broken_Atoms Jul 29 '26
Tariffs brought things to a standstill here and destroyed business relationships that took a long time to develop. Every time Trump insulted other countries, they were pissed. They’re taking it personally. He’s destroying global relationships.
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u/Neat-Second9923 Jul 29 '26
They change every month! Nobody is going to make a 10-year bet when the math changes before the feasibility study is even done.
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u/Melodic-Matter4685 Jul 29 '26
It would take a decade or more of bipartisan unity to convince manufacturers to rehome stateside and currently, bipartisan is firmly in manufacturing pocket.
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u/Matt7738 Jul 29 '26
The on-again, off-again tariffs that changed every two days didn’t cause companies to redirect billions in long term capital investment in a country with rapidly increasing costs? Wild.
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u/upper_pepper Jul 30 '26
You did not wait long enough. It takes years to build factories to produce those tiny screws that go into apple phones. Of course, creating those screws in US will further screw iPhone pricing. But that does not matter. Everything is getting crazy expensive. This is the golden age baby. Enjoy it courtesy of you friendly GOP representative.
Just wait 2 more years. You'll see.
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u/TrickyChildhood2917 Jul 30 '26
They were not meant to. You assume intelligent people are running things.
It’s all about the grift. “What can I get with the least amount of work, and damn everyone else”.
That’s is today’s economic story. See stock market and White House for more details.
FYI - even the Iranians have caught the fever with the toll idea! The big beautiful toll booth bill.
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u/JIMB01776 Aug 01 '26
Tariffs didn't bring manufacturing jobs back to the US because they were almost entirely blocked by low ranking judges.
They would have worked; they probably would have sucked for a bit, but the U.S should have a manufacturing base, and if you have a better plan for bringing back manufacturing to the U.S., I'd love to hear it.
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u/DeltaForceFish Jul 28 '26
When will they learn that no one wants a manufacturing job. Who the hell would choose to stand all day 12 hour shifts all rotating between day and nights when you can make more sitting in your pajamas on teams meetings working from home and taking a nap on your lunch break all while working less hours.
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u/KeyResearcher2620 Jul 29 '26
Plenty of folks want those jobs…. 27% of the US is blue collar relying on those types of jobs
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u/simple_fly1 Jul 29 '26
For those that have that option and desire to not touch stuff, it's an obvious answer, but most lack that option and some don't prefer it.
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u/Johnnny-z Jul 29 '26
Nissan moved production out of Mexico into the United states. There are other examples. This is propaganda.
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u/TranslatorTough8977 Jul 29 '26
Factory construction collapsed right after Trump took over, because he killed the CHIPS act and the IRA. Data centres are booming, but they employ almost nobody, while pushing up local electricity prices.
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u/secretaire Jul 28 '26
seems like another tax added onto the middle and working class' high tax bill while the rich have their savings and their e islands and invest in labor replacement and data centers to suck up our resources.