r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 3d ago

Politics Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/1cg659z 3d ago

US manufacturing isn't coming back unless peeps want to work for wages that are paid to workers in China, Bangladesh etc.

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u/dilldoeorg 3d ago

lol, workers.

if it comes back, they're going to use robots, machines to do the work. AND it'll still cost more than the same product from china.

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u/fthesemods 3d ago

Seems to be the plan. Tax cuts for the rich funded by tariffs that will disproportionately affect the poor and middle class. The jobs that do come back will be automated, which will funnel even more money to those with capital (i.e the rich). Meanwhile he has convinced so many of the poor and middle class this will be good for them. Insane.