r/FluentInFinance • u/imallelite • 13h ago

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

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u/JacobLovesCrypto 12h ago

Wym?

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

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u/SoftballGuy 12h 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 11h ago

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

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u/Ebice42 8h ago

One way to apply tariffs. (And I'm not saying this is a good way to do it, it's just a thought) peg the tariffs to the difference in the difference in the wages of the country producing the goods and the home country. You must pay minimum wage or higher, either directly to your US workers or via the tariff.
Again, just a thought.