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Originally Posted by Unruly
If you buy American goods instead of Chinese crap there's no tariff. Simple fix for tariffs...
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The only way I can respond to this is: Look around your house. Let's start in the closets. If you are like most people, you will be hard pressed to find anything made in the USA. LL Bean even went overseas. Shirts, pants, shoes, socks, underwear, coats, sweaters....maybe some folks have some, but many, many families in this country don't have any articles of clothing made in the USA. Let's now go to appliances, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer, refrigerator....how many are made here in the USA? My Whirlpool appliances in my Villages house....made in China and most appliances are not made here. TV's, sound equipment...most made in China...I'm not sure if any TV's are made here anymore. Cars? 50% not made here. Our cellphones? Nope, not made here.
My point is that it's not so easy to just buy American. The experts said that widespread 25% tariffs on China would cost the average American household $3,900 per year. The margins are not big enough on this stuff for the manufacturer to swallow the tariffs. They will be largely paid by the American consumer, just like a tax on these goods.