Comment on How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan?
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you don’t support tariffs to bring back manufacturing jobs
I also don’t support prohibition to improve crop output.
Tariffs don’t create manufacturing jobs. Subsidies do.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Neither do. Import bans and nationalization do.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 days ago
By providing subsidies, you make it cheaper to build things in the US, so people do. It’s the reason we have so much farming, even though it’d be cheaper to outsource that.
By shutting down international trade, we will build things in the US where it’s affordable, and where it’s not we just do without.
Point is, you won’t get an iPhone anymore. You likely won’t get a new car. The value of the dollar goes down and we get less. Maybe you’re ok with that, but I personally like my quality of life.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 days ago
We still pay for subsidies. Those don’t come out of thin air. Better to nationalize, and much more efficient.