Let's talk Tariffs...

[Benton]

(05-14-2019, 04:45 PM)Benton Wrote: Oh you can have them back in less than a year.

All you've got to do is legislate shut all corporate loopholes for employers with more than 70 percent of it's nonexecutive workforce over seas. Bam.

(05-14-2019, 05:02 PM)Au165 Wrote: The majority of Apple's employees reside in the U.S. however most the of their "production" is done outside the U.S., the issue is much more complex than you want to believe. 

Nay, it's not that complex.

US companies make money selling products. Executives make up huge chunks of pay, and they justify their chunks by cutting cost, mostly by outsourcing work. Hell, even companies here outsource, with corps like Disney using federal tax loopholes to have employees train cheaper imported foreign labor.

Close that crap. And close loopholes to companies whose "production" is comprised of 70% outsourced labor.

Yes, the cost of your iPhone will increase, but it will bring back the bulk of those "production" jobs. And, yeah, many of those jobs will come back and be automated out. But at least they'll be automated here, requring skilled tech to operate and repair, along with transport.

Tariffs can work. Closing tax breaks to those taking advantage of cashing in on the economy while providing little real benefit to it can work. It's not that complex.