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Well, he made empty promises for votes. I don't see any way he could realistically bring those jobs back, even with raising tariffs. I mean, if all it takes is

Well, he made empty promises for votes. I don't see any way he could realistically bring those jobs back, even with raising tariffs. I mean, if all it takes is having someone tell them "I'm a Democrat, and we're going to bring your jobs back, promise!", then liberals should start sending some random guy to all these places and saying that at town meetings and local public access channels on a weekly basis to prime and placate them early for the next election.

CoolGuySteve 10y ago
I wrote another comment in this thread detailing his platform. I think it's a terrible platform and may be ineffectual, but it still makes logical sense.
tzs 10y ago
You don't see how getting a big company to move their industrial robots from Mexico to the US will bring back jobs? As far as tariffs go, wouldn't raising tariffs actually encourage companies to move their factories outside the US, at least for the bigger companies? Most of the big manufacturing companies sell their products internationally. If the US slaps big tariffs on products made in country X, presumably country X is going to return the favor with big tariffs on products made in the USA. As long as the other countries keep their free trade agreements intact among them, so that these tariffs only end up applying to products that go to or come from the USA, then a company that builds its products in the US ends up paying tariffs on sales to every country except the US. A company that builds its factory in one of the other countries ends up paying tariffs on ONLY sales in the US. The US is a big market compared to most other individual countries, but if we get into a big tit-for-tat tariff situation it isn't the size of other individual country markets that matter. It is the size of the combined markets of the countries in various tariff-free associations.
- cableshaft 10y ago
  Thanks for your thoughts. That is indeed why he will be unsuccessful at bringing the jobs (especially the manufacturing jobs) back into the country.

CoolGuySteve 10y ago

I wrote another comment in this thread detailing his platform. I think it's a terrible platform and may be ineffectual, but it still makes logical sense.

tzs 10y ago

You don't see how getting a big company to move their industrial robots from Mexico to the US will bring back jobs? As far as tariffs go, wouldn't raising tariffs actually encourage companies to move their factories outside the US, at least for the bigger companies? Most of the big manufacturing companies sell their products internationally. If the US slaps big tariffs on products made in country X, presumably country X is going to return the favor with big tariffs on products made in the USA. As long as the other countries keep their free trade agreements intact among them, so that these tariffs only end up applying to products that go to or come from the USA, then a company that builds its products in the US ends up paying tariffs on sales to every country except the US. A company that builds its factory in one of the other countries ends up paying tariffs on ONLY sales in the US. The US is a big market compared to most other individual countries, but if we get into a big tit-for-tat tariff situation it isn't the size of other individual country markets that matter. It is the size of the combined markets of the countries in various tariff-free associations.

cableshaft 10y ago
Thanks for your thoughts. That is indeed why he will be unsuccessful at bringing the jobs (especially the manufacturing jobs) back into the country.