I am not sure who this poster is as I don't frequent DT but whew!
I talk about tires because its something that hit close to home. I was born in Akron Ohio, the rubber capital of the world. It used to be home to Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone, Mohawk, and General. From the late 70's til the 90's all those companies left. The buildings, abandoned, were eventually either torn down or repurposed. Akron's population has shrunk with the loss of manufacturing jobs. To bring those tire companies back to Akron, one would have to rebuild all those manufacturing plants. Build affordable housing for the thousands upon thousands of expected plant workers. Plan and build infrastructure to handle the influx of families that would come with it. That means schools. Shopping. Everything.
Who is supposed to foot the bill for this? The companies you forced back ashore? How are they supposed afford building the infrastructure? And after they get everything done they would be operating at a loss because they would have to pay American workers more money. Most companies will just ride out the 25% tariffs and make that the new normal.
But lets say they agreed to bring manufacturing back. You are talking about a multi-decade effort, all the while the American people have been suffering under those 25% tariffs. Sounds like a shit plan.
You can't fix manufacturing sectors that have been offshore since the early 80's overnight. It's going to take a huge investment from our government. Right now we have a leader who is cutting revenue, which is what we need to invest in the infrastructure. Again. Sounds like a shit plan.