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And what do you think happens if you force those factory jobs back into the US with tariffs and then force companies to pay workers a living wage with benefits?
by birken 10y ago
And what do you think happens if you force those factory jobs back into the US with tariffs and then force companies to pay workers a living wage with benefits?
The companies instead pay big companies and already highly paid engineers to build machines to automate the work. Companies will always do whatever is most efficient, they don't care if they are using humans in Bangladesh or machines in the US.
- Spooky23 10y agoWe elected republicans, so they give no shits about living wages. If we made my t-shirts here, they'd cost $6 instead of $4.50, but the line workers would be making and spending money here instead of collecting disability and doing nothing. Supporting businesses doing equipment sales and repair would reappear. Wholesalers would open warehouses, etc. The losers would be the middlemen brokering the skimming. I remember buying a pair of shoes in the 90s from a company that closed its factory in Maine. The next year the same shoe, made in some guangdong factory cost 20% more. I'd rather make a living for my neighbor than a fortune for some middleman.