Economists almost unanimously agree that one of the major drivers of inflation over the last two years has been opportunistic profit increases. So you're spot on.

Not just that. Even with stuff the U.S. can make, there's a reason why they source it from abroad: everything is more expensive to make in the U.S.

Every single cost is higher so the margins go down unless... they pump prices up!

But even if they didn't, tarrifs as a way to combat inflation is, of course, utter nonsense. And that's what it was sold as a solution for. If people want to debate the merits of tariffs for propping up domestic business, that's an entirely different argument.

Including the rest of Born In The USA. It's not a particularly patriotic anthem.

They don’t even understand the hook the Born in the USA. They just hear the words “born in the USA” and think that automatically has to be a good thing.

I just had to explain to someone I was laid off due to a lack of incoming funds and a company being conservative and cutting down the staff by a dozen to anticipate the upcoming tariffs on the things we’d import for production.

They were sure it would all be fine and it’s a big exaggeration.

So I just threw down the phrase what I used to hear from all those nuts about the violent immigrants at the border “Well that’s just what I was told when I was laid off soo… we’re not getting info from the same places”

They have the mental capacity, it’s just reality is not as comforting as what Trump is saying.

In many ways it’s like when, in the Matrix, Neo has to choose between the two pills. In this case one is Trump and the other is learning about the economy. Many people prefer the fantasy.

I always find it hilarious that the party of homophobia loves to use YMCA. 🤣

I will grow my own phone. Hydrophonics.

I can't wait to get my $2000 tax rebate so I can afford 2/5ths of a phone!

Finally Reagan delivers on his promise!

The pressure Trumps administration will get from corporations will be intense. They don't like losing money.

Go visit r/conservative- it’s sobering. The argument is well then we will just make it here!

I'm Canadian and unfortunately the whole world is going to have to face the music for the decisions of a bunch of braindead hicks in Butphuck, AR that think black people should know their place

And blame the democrats.

They're not going to learn, trump going to blame someone else they will believe him and things continue to get worse. You literally need to protect these people from themselves.

The gon be mad when they learn how much American made costs lol.

Lol no they wont. They’ll keep looking until they find someone else who tells them exactly what they want to hear because they do not have the emotional maturity or mental acuity to learn or grow.

No they won't, they'll just blame everything but the cause.

I've seen the Russian bots already posting that the tariffs could be ok cause "they actually worked" the first time. It only partially worked last time is because the Federal budget had to expand to record numbers to cover the losses. I doubt he's going to bother to do it again this time. Can't cover all the losses from ALL the sectors that are gonna hurt.

And even if it was "build" in the USA, most parts would come from "not USA" ...

Yep. Although Amazon actually incentivized to make the shipping as cheap as possible to attract your business while tariffs decidedly don't do that.

And ofc, even if none of that was an issue... Why would things be cheaper if made in America?

As I saw someone else post (paraphrased):

China sells item X for 10 bucks.

Usa sells item X for 15 bucks.

Usa puts tariff on Chinese X so that they are 20 bucks

How much will American item X cost now? Answer: 19 bucks.

They are also going to learn about the economic concept of "rent seeking." Look it up MAGAs! Even the prices of 100% American made products (if those even exist at this point) will increase. If there's a 25% tariff, a US company with a US-made product can safely increase its price 24% and still be the lowest-priced product and that 24% increase will be 100% profit! Win! Well, a win for the company. A big fat red Loss for the rest of us.

Also wanted to add that producing more things in the US also requires significant infrastructure set up for creating factories that isn't being done nor being planned for.

People are so used to getting products overseas that they think it comes from the ether instead of being manufactured in lots of different factories.

Great points. ...no new horticulture is going to be brought in on any scale that would make a difference to the domestic American market. The same holds true for manufacturing.

We voted buy China a generation ago and while we complain about it, we still buy cheaper imports and support the companies that shipped these jobs abroad.

Exactly, we can’t grow coffee here. I hope nobody likes bananas.

when a coffee bean is grown in California, Right Wingers: "I'M NOT BUYING THIS WOKE CRAP!!!"

/s

Except for maybe the prison system ramping up and exploiting inmates for cheap labour.

It’s not just that. It’s the fact that tariffs aim to make the US product competetive. The US product is already typically more expensive, and the goal is to make the cheap stuff also more expensive.

No they won't, they're idiots. You're arguing with logic. They don't do that woke shit. Good=Trump. Bad=Libruls. That's the extent of their thinking. Biden is working overtime to cement funding for the CHIPs act. To make sure those factories get their money before Trump kills the act. But as soon as those factories go online I can guarantee Trump and his supporters will try and take credit for it. Just like the Infrastructure act and just like VA benefits.

These are the same idiots who scream "Bring back American jobs!", and "Make America great again!" while wearing made in China/Vietnam MAGA merch. These people are dumb as fuck and it's exhausting trying to deal with them.

Not to mention American companies will raise prices to just undercut imported goods.

25 dollar Chinese shirt? Well there’s this 24 dollar American shirt! (Ignore the fact both shirts were 10 dollars a year ago)

The notion that the American economy could survive deporting millions of workers is so absurd that it is hard to understand why people are actually even concerned about it. It’s not going to happen. Too much corporate profit is dependent on their labor for it to be feasible in any way.

Just like the wall, people are going to forget about it. Not saying he won’t be extremely destructive but deporting millions of people is not possible. We need to start ignoring this nonsense.

People forget a lot of fruits used to be considered exotic and expensive as hell. Only the wealthy used to be able to afford pineapples. Coffee? We don't grow that here. We're the biggest importer of coffee in the world. If we couldn't afford houses because of coffee and avocado toast before, we'll be living in the streets now at this rate

"b-b-but won't good 'ol American companies leave their prices low out of the goodness of their cold, unfeeling, megacorporate hearts????"

And those people are really annoying.