• TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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    44 hours ago

    Correct. So in the car example, it really only works if the US puts a tariff on imports, and then they do some kind of government credit for domestic cars. This would raise the price of imported cars while making domestic cars more affordable to Americans.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 hours ago

      Only kinda, that assumes enough people still buy the imports otherwise there’s no money to transfer over.

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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        23 hours ago

        A tariff isn’t a money making tool, it’s about making a good not as great a deal against another, typically a domestically made good.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 hours ago

        Even domestic cars are assembly in America but the parts come from other countries so no you still going be effected by that.

        Also keep in mind there a reason shit not made here. We can’t compete with their cheap labor prices. So even if you tried to move some of those jobs back here it would still cost the consumer a shit ton more money on said goods.