You think a CPU factory won’t be profitable for 20 years? MAGA movement won’t listen to you here if we can’t even agree on basic facts.

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tensor 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

A CPU factory may (because of high margins), but, for example, a car factory may not. A factory isn't just the labour, it also requires inputs, and tariffs that change weekly means that you can't rely on being able to source the inputs reliably. When your margins are smaller, random input costs can easily sink you.

If you want to bring back manufacturing you need to consider the entire supply chain, and make sure that inputs for whatever factory you are bringing in are secure and will be equal or cheaper in 20 years. These things need to be predictable.

Also, let's not pretend the MAGA movement listens to anything other than the propaganda.

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AnimalMuppet 5 days ago | parent [-]

My son-in-law works for a domestic truck manufacturer (semis, not pickups). Orders are down because nobody knows how much the order will cost, because of tariff uncertainty.

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bcrosby95 5 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, nothing kills business activity more than uncertainty. High prices can be planned for and dealt with. Constantly fluctuating ones with no upper bound cannot.

	▲	whatevertrevor 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		And lower activity creates more uncertainty, as people get laid off, banks start adjusting mortgage rates upwards and borrowing becomes more expensive. Leading to even less activity and more uncertainty. It's a scary road to go down toying with this house of cards at the level Trump has been doing.

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sebstefan 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The thought took a shortcut. Profitable wasn't the right word

When you offshore a production facility, it's not about being profitable, it's that it can be more profitable elsewhere.

If you have no guarantee that the tariffs will still be there to artificially maintain your profitability so high, then you don't build.

I think we can agree on the facts there