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A lot of that will takes years to get going. Trump will nearly be out of office before manufacturing can ramp up. Add on that trump is quite literally tariffin

by chneu 2y ago

A lot of that will takes years to get going. Trump will nearly be out of office before manufacturing can ramp up. Add on that trump is quite literally tariffing the materials needed to expand US industry/manufacturing. The US also has a major labor shortage that trump is only making worse. How are ya gonna build a violin face when you can't hire anyone to do it? Like usual, conservatives/Republicans grossly oversimplify how the world works in order to get sound bites and convince fools that 1+1=3.

x0x0 2y ago
> How are ya gonna build a violin face when you can't hire anyone to do it? We're going to use children. The US labor force is shrinking for at least the next 20 years. We're losing 500-900k workers a year until at least 2034, and longer if people have fewer children because of, well... And it's not projected to increase until 2045. All the squealing you hear from business owners? Labor today is likely about as inexpensive as it's going to be for the next 20 years.
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pcthrowaway 2y ago
I think he's banking on not being out of office in 4 years. Also I don't think he's making the labour market worse, haven't deportations been roughly at the same level as past administrations when we actually drill down into the numbers? What he is doing differently is targeting protestors of U.S. foreign (and probably soon domestic) policy with his deportations, which is simply abhorrent, not to mention possibly illegal. But it remains to be seen if these measures will actually harm the economy, or (by suppressing criticism) actually strengthen his administration. It's a move out of the fascist playbook, and fascist economics aren't necessarily bad for the economy (except when they're overthrown or defeated). I highly doubt we'll see the U.S. defeated in conventional warfare any time soon, so if he manages to extend his seat as fuhrer, I think his deposal will only be possible internally.

by chneu 2y ago

x0x0 2y ago

> How are ya gonna build a violin face when you can't hire anyone to do it? We're going to use children. The US labor force is shrinking for at least the next 20 years. We're losing 500-900k workers a year until at least 2034, and longer if people have fewer children because of, well... And it's not projected to increase until 2045. All the squealing you hear from business owners? Labor today is likely about as inexpensive as it's going to be for the next 20 years.

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pcthrowaway 2y ago

I think he's banking on not being out of office in 4 years. Also I don't think he's making the labour market worse, haven't deportations been roughly at the same level as past administrations when we actually drill down into the numbers? What he is doing differently is targeting protestors of U.S. foreign (and probably soon domestic) policy with his deportations, which is simply abhorrent, not to mention possibly illegal. But it remains to be seen if these measures will actually harm the economy, or (by suppressing criticism) actually strengthen his administration. It's a move out of the fascist playbook, and fascist economics aren't necessarily bad for the economy (except when they're overthrown or defeated). I highly doubt we'll see the U.S. defeated in conventional warfare any time soon, so if he manages to extend his seat as fuhrer, I think his deposal will only be possible internally.