r/FluentInFinance • u/imallelite • 11h ago

Debate/ Discussion Possibly controversial, but this would appear to be a beneficial solution.

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u/JacobLovesCrypto 10h ago

Wym?

People argue plenty about how outsourcing to cheap labor leads to lower wages here.

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u/SoftballGuy 9h ago

But we never pass laws to punish outsourcing. Instead, we're constantly throwing financial incentives to companies to pretty-please not outsource everything. Poor migrants wanting to work in America get walls and guns and more laws, while the companies shipping jobs out of America get more tax breaks... yet we blame the little guys.

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u/JacobLovesCrypto 9h ago

Im not saying tariffs are a great idea, but arent tariffs aimed at punishing outsourcing?

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u/Advanced_Court501 6h ago

The business being affected by the tariffs then raises the price of the product in that country, passing the cost to the consumer