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If the Vietnamese are willing to work for 75% less wages than us, then we need to increase the tariffs so that their product costs 75% more than homemade products, sold here in the US...
This is an island in the middle of a bridge between Oakland and San Fransisco, a place with a severe housing shortage. There is no "demand" for these "new cities" in the middle of nowhere.For those who are unaware:
Building Freedom Cities
The idea, which Donald Trump supports, could play an important role in American revitalization.www.city-journal.org
.. I am a huge supporter of this. Currently, I see first hand what's happening on Treasure Island in San Francisco, and am convinced that if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.
What if there are 20,000+ manufacturing jobs that pay $45.00 an hour, and home prices are super-cheap, with state of the art transportation, etc.
Those aren't really Vietnam products. They are American manufacturers in Vietnam. So it's tariff on them. It's the same kind of products that Trump has already provided a exemption in lieu of China. Tariffs just isn't the way to go about this.
And why would those jobs suddenly appear in the middle of nowhere? What is "state of the art" transport?
These Freedom Cities, with their "manufacturing hubs" are an integral part of the Trump tariff plan... We're going to need them, as the tariffs will create the demand for new manufacturing facilities at home, as foreign products become more expensive, and American companies are forced to come back.
I know it's hard to spank your own kids, but when theyre hurting the whole family, you do what has to be done.
Flying cars.
waymo.com
What's Germany going to do when Vietnam and China don't make much anymore? You going to buy American made?
Is this where the relocated Vietnamese shirt factories will be relocated?
It isn't your place or trump's to make those decisions. It belongs to Congress. (It's also a fantasy about all of these manufacturing jobs.)
Flying cars.
...Perhaps with Elon's help, it can be achieved. Directional travel could be designated by altitude. Vehicles traveling north are at 300 ft., southbound at 400... all GPS enabled just like the Waymo's wee see all over SF, literally. There are thousands.
Waymo - Self-Driving Cars - Autonomous Vehicles - Ride-Hail
Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles. Take a ride now.
As James Freeman Clarke said "A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation". What I'd like to know is how all this trade war fiasco is going to make the country better for the next generation? What if the tariffs have a negative effect that leaves the next generation with a mess to clean up? Are we then the jerks who failed as well? Don't get me wrong, I don't believe either political party has a good plan for the future of America as things stand today. John Adams said; "
They are “integral” to the tariff plan yet haven’t been mentioned, planed nor funded?
No, the luxury goods and machine-type products would be produced in Freedom cities. The shirt factories could be relocated to the abandoned factories in existing lower income areas, where minimum wage jobs are desperately needed.
One step at a time... Once the tariffs generate the need, then he'll have the support of both major parties.
Because American companies won't be producing their products there anymore. You know, "designed in the USA, manufactured in China"?
