Tarriffs

[PeoplesElbow]

What sort of industries would people like to see return?

Steel-maybe what killed it in the US was environmental, the coking ovens that made a primary ingredient in steel is what killed it. Coke ovens were all up and down the Ohio River and it's tributaries, now I don't think a single one is left. Nucor does well with their electric arc furnaces though, so maybe.

Textiles - the South lost more jobs in textiles than the north lost in heavy industry, many of the mills still stand. Id like to see quality clothes made here again, the cheap junk don't quite care about.

Chips- oh hell yes, this is major investment though, as in billions we need to go through pain though with I phone prices for a while for this to happen.

Pharmaceuticals - best friend from college got a PhD in biochemistry, in the last 25 years he has worked for five different big pharma companies, four have closed and moved production overseas, this were high end jobs, and the thought of our medicine being imported from India and china isn't very comforting.

I think focusing on certain industries would be ideal, those are what I would focus on, I don't care so much about cheap plastic tiki statues and other Walmart junk.

 

[TPD]

Getting kind of.... close and personal, maybe too close?

If you recall, I never did practice that "social distancing" crap and people loved me for it...and apparently still do...

 

[TPD]

Did that set cost more than others?

I've always thought with bulky items like that we could always be competitive price wise.

Probably 10-20% more for the USA stuff but tariffs haven't kicked in yet on all products - still working thru old stock. But most stuff comes in a flat box with all the hardware to put it together. We assemble for free..

 

[TPD]

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[PeoplesElbow]

Probably 10-20% more for the USA stuff but tariffs haven't kicked in yet on all products - still working thru old stock. But most stuff comes in a flat box with all the hardware to put it together. We assemble for free..

See I don't get how offshoring to save 10-20% even makes sense. I keep seeing "an i-phone made here would be $3k" either that is BS or they are putting the factory in downtown San Francisco or something.

Hell I'd pay 10% more sometimes to buy it some place the parking lot doesn't suck vs does.

 

[my-thyme]

If you recall, I never did practice that "social distancing" crap and people loved me for it...and apparently still do...

A couple-3 years into the covid thing, I saw one of my previous customers in the grocery, an older gentleman. I didn't even stop and think, I just grabbed him in a great big hug.

He said "You know, that's the first time someone has hugged me in years."

That was just sad.