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Maybe we could come up with some way to increase the costs of goods imported from foreign nations. Like, perhaps a special tax that affected those products....but not products actually produced in this country, by Americans. Some small effort to level the playing field against foreign nations that dump their products in America at a loss, that have no worker safety regulations and that ignore environmental considerations. Thereby encouraging companies to produce in this nation.
And they know that if they charge more for their stuff, nobody will buy it. The vast majority of people will buy at the lower price other companies charge, without regard for where it's made. So the corporation will have to make it in China too, or die.
That - is not the case. It's just that people are trained to buy junk. I buy t-shirts and hoodies from American Giant. US-grown cotton processed in US plants and sewn into the best garment of it's type you'll ever wear in a US plant. It's 20% over a made-in-Bangladesh hoodie with a logo, and way better.
The US gov refused to take medical care seriously like they do with defense. The US would not ever dare have its tanks, F-22, etc, outsourced wholly, nor the numerous critical components for these things, yet with healthcare, has zero care, treats such threats as second rate compared to say a nuclear attack, or needing 5,000 tanks sitting in storage.
There are alot of domestic manufacturers of medical equipment in the US, still. But expecting the so-called "free market" to be able to respond quickly to a pandemic is simply not realistic.
Thread fail. not only do we make masks etc, we also make ventilators.
Im surprised so many us companies make masks to be honest, I figured all of it would be overseas. The ventilators were no surprise though, I listed one, but given that they can be more complex, and people want to be able to sue if something goes wrong I wasnt surprised to see them made here.
They're headquartered in the U.S. but do they actually manufacture in the U.S.? If there are so many U.S.-based mask manufacturers why is there such a drastic shortage of masks in the U.S.? My understanding is that 95% of face masks are currently being manufactured in China and Taiwan.
Even with the Defense PRoduction Act, there's simply not much manufacturing capacity in the USA period thanks to the globalists on the liberal left and the unfair trade agreements they signed that basically send all American manufacturing to other countries. There is hardly any manufacturing left in America, period.
It's no longer just about blue collar American jobs being send overseas, its about our own national security in times like this, and possible disruptions in the foreign supply chain and how that can impact the US economy. IF you ask any liberal or Democrat, they will say that America doesn't need manufacturing, that we should all be going to college and pursuing a high-tech career. They look down on jobs that don't require a college background like manufacturing jobs.
This is a result of the liberal Democrats' unfair trade agreements that have sent all of our manufacturing capacity abroad. Including manufacturing of medical supplies. If China needs these supplies of course they're going to help their own people first before exporting any.
I hope everyone sees the need to bring more manufacturing back to the USA even if it means less variety and higher prices. So much of what we buy is practically disposable these days even if it shouldn't be, cheap junk. I think we can all do with less stuff of better quality. I hope we still know how to build quality....
Nothing is made.
What if there is a war or a global emergency?
It's going to be difficult to produce the 3.5 Billion masks that some media outlets are citing, and most countries are short of personal protection equipment, so it's not uniqiue to the US.
The time frame means it would be impossible to meet that type of demand, although US industry is responding and manufacturing plants are working 24/7, and the US has a large global pharma and medical equipment industrial sector.
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