Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
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Anonymous
| From Iphones to Ford, I can't think of anything that is 100% made in the US. Can someone share what is 100% made in the US so I can try to understand at least in theory how these tarriffs would benefit actual Americans. |
Anonymous
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The answer is very little.
So take for instance the rare clothes made in USA (super hard to find). Maybe they are buying US cotton. Even so, doubtful they are buying US made thread or zippers or snaps. And their sewing machines probably have at least components made abroad, if not the whole machine. Or Fiestaware—made in the U.S. I don’t know where they source the ceramic clay—maybe US? But I’m sure they get some dyes and maybe glaze components from abroad and probably the same issue with machinery. These are the examples I can think of that are probably mostly made in U.S. Electronics and appliances and stuff are much harder because, even when partially made here, small components are almost never made here since it is so much cheaper to make abroad. |
Anonymous
| There are many unused/underutilized factories here that could be put back in use. |
Anonymous
This is fraud. Anything modified in any trivial way in USA can be labeled "made in USA" |
Anonymous
So are you investing in one? Who will work there? |
Anonymous
So, now it has to be made in USA, on machines made in the USA, with material made in the USA? Fixed cost usually doesn't contribute much to the final product price. |
Anonymous
With outdated equipment. |
Anonymous
Also plenty of abandoned houses in shrinking big cities (Buffalo, Cleveland, etc) and in rural towns all over. Just because they are there doesn't mean there is actual demand for them. |
Anonymous
Yeah just whip up a chip foundry in an old sock factory from the 70s. |
Anonymous
| Even food relies on imported inputs like fertilizers and equipment. Also imported (undocumented) workers who are going away so labor costs will be going up, if farms can even hire enough. So, food prices will go up too. And this doesn't even factor in farms that may go out of business when they lose export markets. |
Anonymous
Most planting and harvesting workers are not undocumented. They are in the US legally but temporarily. They are paid very little for specially skilled work (not anybody can do it) and work in crappy conditions but please don't mistake that for being undocumented. People working in animal husbandry and slaughterhouses are more likely to be undocumented. |
Anonymous
Maybe the govt workers that got laid off? Remember when biden told auto workers to learn to code? Maybe the govt workers should learn to weld? |
Anonymous
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I buy underwear made in the US. The fabric is knit, printed, cut and sewn in the US, but the thread comes from overseas. $28 a pair. The company does not make anything with metal fasteners - those would also hace to come from overseas.
The product lasts a long time (yay) but I worry about how long they can stay in business if customers don't need to keep buying. I haven't bought in a year or more because they don't wear out. |
Anonymous
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Yes, many things, here’s a list.
https://www.usalovelist.com/category/by-article-type/source-list/ |