I’m in manufacturing (and have been for years) and these tariffs are about as helpful as Democrat soft-on-crime policies in the blue cities.
The DEI and BLM nonsense was window dressing (workers on the line thought it was a big joke). But these tariffs and foreign reaction to them? Bad news. Input costs substantially up, sales both domestic and international down, capital expenditures frozen, employees that leave not replaced or replaced by temp workers who can easily be gotten rid of at a moments notice. Those of us left have to make do with doing more work in less time. That 50 cents cost of living increase does nothing to cover the inflation at the store.
If Americans wanted a central planned economy and soviet 5-year plans, we would have voted for Bernie.
Thanks for your insight.