And whether its robots or humans is immaterial really. The fact is that work was originally contracted out of the US for the sole reason of lowering costs and increasing profits. If by some miracle the manufacturing process does return to the US then the cost to the consumer will be considerably higher no matter who or what is making it.
Which means it ain’t coming back. Some idiot was blathering about how great it will be when textiles are made in the USA again. Uhh, how? “In the factories.” Dude, those were bulldozed or turned into warehouse space 30 ago.
I agree. I’m quite sure every business has already done the numbers and it still makes more business sense to weather this storm than it is to go through all the hassle, upheaval and associated costs to bring it back to the US.
Exactly. All these “wins” will be the undoing of republicans in 2026, the presidency in 2028. It’s such an easy formula- “are you better off now than you were 4 years ago - if you’re not a billionaire that is?” People talk about how they’re for on party of the other, but they vote with their pocketbook. Trump knows he only has another 17 months to make all of this seem better before they get hammered in the mid terms.
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u/SkullDump 1d ago
And whether its robots or humans is immaterial really. The fact is that work was originally contracted out of the US for the sole reason of lowering costs and increasing profits. If by some miracle the manufacturing process does return to the US then the cost to the consumer will be considerably higher no matter who or what is making it.