Trump ok with a move from Income Tax to Import Tax. Sounds good! Encourages buying American.
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A lot of the build overseas because meh Cheaper is a fallacy, just as a lot of made-in-America goods are overpriced because of Meh Patriotism and not just the increased labor costs. They forced factories overseas with regulations.
No, it is most certainly cheaper to manufacture overseas.
They will work their citizens to the point of suicide for low paychecks.
They also have so many manufacturing facilities that the U.S. side of things simply does not have.
All of these are critical failures of policy on many fronts snowballing over decades, of course, but it's undeniable that it's cheaper overseas.
The "muh patriotism" for overpriced "X-in-America" products is true as hell though.
A lot of these companies are pretty deceptive, as they end up being "designed" in America, or "printed" in America, or "assembled" in America but still use Chinese materials and labor.