The question no one is asking: SHOULD there be manufacturing in the US?

[Anonymous]

Never mind all the talk about tariffs and “bringing jobs back” and all that noise. The question that isn’t being asked is SHOULD manufacturing be brought back the US, and if it should be, why?

There are myriad reasons from pollution to the stock market for sending manufacturing offshore and keeping manufacturing out of the US. But no one is arguing bringing manufacturing back to the US beyond “jobs”.

What is the goal here?

[Anonymous]

Drugs. So ingredients and doses can be more closely monitored by FDA.

A huge amount of generic drugs are manufactured in India and a lot of raw ingredients are sourced from China. Neither country is known for keeping things healthy and pure.

[Anonymous]

self sufficency
quality control
better polution standards in US than overseas
Strengthening the US
Price

Is this question that stupid? Its like you're 18 and have never been in the real world. Producing our goods overseas isnt better than producing goods in the US.

I question the education of people here

[Anonymous]

This might take the crown for dumbest New Topic ever.

[Anonymous]

Not a dumb question. Some manufacturing should be here. Skilled manufacturing should be reshored. We don't need to be making t-shirts and widgets.

That's not what they are talking about though.

[Anonymous]

Better standards in the US, but should consider weather/disaster proofing any factory that produces any widely needed drugs. See what Hurricane Helene did to basic IV fluid supply in the US after it damaged the Baxter facility in North Carolina and Braun site in Florida. Not sure we are fully back to normal even still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:self sufficency
quality control
better polution standards in US than overseas
Strengthening the US
Price

Is this question that stupid? Its like you're 18 and have never been in the real world. Producing our goods overseas isnt better than producing goods in the US.

I question the education of people here

YES

[Anonymous]

There should be manufacturing, absolutely, but it should be for things critical to the country as evidenced by shortages due to supply chain issues related to COVID and to things where it simply makes economic sense to produce in country. Shoes are not something that requires a skilled workforce and doesn't pay a lot because consumers demand lower prices, and as such, no need to onshore those jobs, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:self sufficency
quality control
better polution standards in US than overseas
Strengthening the US
Price

Is this question that stupid? Its like you're 18 and have never been in the real world. Producing our goods overseas isnt better than producing goods in the US.

I question the education of people here

It is entirely unnecessary and inefficient to manufacture all things in the US. Even when we were just a colony, we were still importing finished goods from Europe. The concept of trade is as old as civilization. Donald Trump is a moron.

[Anonymous]

AI will replace most manufacturing jobs soon. Plus it will be hard to compete with the very low manufacturing salaries in China and other countries.

[Anonymous]

Quality control is a hilarious response. There will be no more quality control in the US under Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:self sufficency
quality control
better polution standards in US than overseas
Strengthening the US
Price

Is this question that stupid? Its like you're 18 and have never been in the real world. Producing our goods overseas isnt better than producing goods in the US.

I question the education of people here

YES

I agree with everything you posted above except price. Do you honestly think that prices will go down? How?

[Anonymous]

The administration has cited Covid-era supply chain disruptions as an argument for onshoring manufacturing. The problem is that we can’t onshore our entire supply chain without radically increasing the costs of goods. And even then there are things that the US simply can’t produce internally. Far wiser to accept that we live in an interdependent world, and work to strengthen multilateral ties to avoid supply chain issues in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a dumb question. Some manufacturing should be here. Skilled manufacturing should be reshored. We don't need to be making t-shirts and widgets.

That's not what they are talking about though.

I disagree about t-shirts. Local manufacturing of clothing is very nice. Everyone in India and China wear custom fit clothes. When I was in Beijing, I bought a custom fit traditional outfit. We negotiated with the seller we told them we had to catch a train in three hours, they said they would to it. We came back in two hours, and they were snipping the last few threads off. The manufacturing facility was behind the store. I also bought several sets of custom fit business/casual in China. You go to a big warehouse type building. Pick the cloth you want, take to get measured, come back in two weeks custom fit clothing reasonably priced.

Compare that to trying to order custom fit clothing online. Getting measured putting in the numbers, then you find out that the manufacturer has a different interpretation of the numbers.

I would get custom T-shirts if I could, and not just stylized "custom" prints.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This might take the crown for dumbest New Topic ever.

Yes. Do you work in a factory? Do your kids work or plan to work in a factory?