Asking this because it’s known that the reason everything’s been offshored is for profit, so I’m curious as to how much people here are willing to pay extra for a product if it gets made in the US again. 10% extra? 20%? 30%? How much of a markup for American labor is too much?
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It's not about "pay extra". It's about finally not having an artificial surplus of illegal labor.
Labor is subject to supply and demand the same as any other commodity, meaning that aliens, or even the participation of foreigners in the economy, is guaranteed to have a negative effect on the average American. Wage depreciation being a prime example of that.
Made in America should be the default, and imports should be heavily taxed, combined with the mass expulsion of foreigners.
Yes, but a hard no to the other. Taxing imports makes the local companies overly comfortable. If you want people to buy "Made in America", you need it to be better than the alternative.
Anyone who's driven or even seen a British Leyland car would understand this is a bad idea. Competition is necessary to keep quality high for the consumer.
How about a heavy tax on companies (in any country) that don't comply with environmental, safety, and humanitarian standards?
Like, you want to buy Nikes make in a sweatshop? Add a 10% Slave Tax.
Want the new iPhone but Apple workers are committing mass suicide in China? 15% safety tax.
Company dumps it's toxic waste into the ocean instead of containing it long term? 20% Polluter Tax.
Let them do what they like, but charge them for the actual costs that governments will have to spend to clean up their mess.
Something like that would easily be weaponized. I can see "equality tax" already just from reading that.