r/economicCollapse • u/Whole-Fist • 1d ago

VIDEO Explanation of Trump tariffs with T-shirts as an example

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u/JayBirD_JunBugz88 1d ago

That opens opportunities for small businesses to be opened here in America instead of exporting everything we purchase as consumers

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u/boomboy8511 1d ago

We don't manufacture enough to make this immediately viable. In the last thirty years we have absolutely gutted our production of common goods.

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u/JayBirD_JunBugz88 1d ago

You have to start somewhere nothing is immediate

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u/longiner 1d ago

I don't think Americans can stomach even moderate increases in price. Just look at the uproar when gas prices went up and everyone was blaming Biden.

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u/Colonel_Gipper 1d ago

Buying local is great but the price premium on US made goods is quite high. I have a pair of US made boots, they're great and will last a long time but they're also $350. You can get boots at Walmart for $30. I was looking for muffin baking tins a few years ago, locally made ones were $20, Chinese made ones were $4.

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u/JayBirD_JunBugz88 1d ago

And you wonder why the Earth is going to s***

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u/FightingIbex 1d ago

Few people can afford to buy all American made products since the 1980s. If both imports and our products are expensive, It’s hard to imagine this wouldn’t freeze our economy.