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In response to "Imagine if we made some of that stuff here and didn't need to get it processed through a port.... -- nm" by ty97

Guess what that'd give you? Also inflation. Because the cost to produce here is greater than the cost

Posted by TWuG Nov 12 '21, 16:22

to produce elsewhere and then ship it here.

Nevermind that plenty of things produced here also faced shipping challenges and production challenges and supply challenges.

You can produce stuff here, but that only goes so far as the inputs to the product are also produced here.

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Also, we lost manufacturing over 50 years…we’re not rebuilding it in 6 quarters. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 16:24 1
- Manufacturing still happens in the US. What it doesn't require to the extent it did, is actual human workers. - TWuG Nov 12, 16:26
Even if we produced it here, even if we took that inflation hit, there's still COVID! -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 16:22

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Guess what that'd give you? Also inflation. Because the cost to produce here is greater than the cost

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