Breaking - U.S. Steel plans to lay off hundreds of workers in Michigan.

*insert "blame chinese steel again"*

I thought Trump's tariffs were supposed to bring manufacturing back to America? Especially heavy industries.

I thought that the new tariffs were to stop this?

No. But China's economy is collapsing.

No. Companies just moved factories from China to Taiwan and Philippines.

So, what EXACTLY is Trump's plan to bring back manufacturing and heavy industry to America?

What has been the benefit of tariffs at all?

Hey, all of you trolling Trump-tards!

Trump said that the tariffs would bring back manufacturing and heaving industry to America!

Why isn't his tariff plan doing that?

Hey retard US Steel employed 29,800 people in 2018.
That’s less than 1% of the work force. Companies that size make adjustments all the time in employment numbers.

Well?

Gee, the fact that we've gotten a LOT more efficient in making steel, reducing the labor per ton is something you'd like to overlook?

Sorry, manufacturing jobs, steel manufacturing, etc. are up since he took office.

But feel free to find one point curves and try to create a narrative all you like.

So, what was the purpose of the Chinese tariffs then?

Trump said that it was to bring manufacturing and heavy industry back to America.

Another fucking lie?

Yeah, well, it played well during the campaign. No one cares now.

Labor is too costly here now. Labor can never really come back. We are fucked as a nation and nobody can see it.

What region of the US do you live in? No real matter...

I may be able to point something out you overlook every day.

In times when labor was expensive, look at bridge built then. They are mostly steel.

When labor was cheap, they made bridges nice ornate concrete rails and decorative curbs.

I am not talking about MAJOR bridges, just some that may only be 25-30 feet on a highway you drive over every day.

How would we be doing under Hillary?
Don't forget to look at what I have been saying in this thread.

No. But you don't understand economics from what I can tell.
I already told you China is hurting. They will HAVE to revalue their currency sooner than later.

THEN you will see how expensive shit costs.

See, Liberals whine about slavery and shit, yet most labor in China IS slavery.

I think we are much better off right now than we would be with Hillary.

Once a war starts, then the machine ramps up.

The bigger the war, the more prosperous the religion of bankers gets.

The purpose of the tariffs against China is to either bring them to the negotiating table or bring them to their knees. I don't mind short-term pain if it means the biggest threat to our nation is dealt with.

NAFTA was a death blow to the USA.

China and Japan sold products here for LESS than it cost to produce and ship them here, just to get their foot in the door.

Now, we are fucked since NAFTA ran rampant for so many years.

Look at speakers... So many were made in the USA until the mid 90's early 00's. After that, you can only get super expensive brands that are made here.

If there was a world war right now, we couldn't produce much anything of quality.

All of the skilled and experienced have retired or died off. And nobody is filling those shoes. Nobody took time to learn.

Soon, car repairs will be so costly, it won't pay to own a car. Hence why you see rideshares and community car companies starting up.

The writing is on the wall.

Well here maybe this will shut your ass up.

A the US isn't far behind.

He's winning like charlie sheen!