@sulaco @disclosetv @Goalkeeper @BigDuck @special-boy your solutions fail to consider the scope of the problems making american manufacturing non-viable, offer none of the long-term stability that investment in manufacturing requires, and will just end up screwing over regular people with higher prices on goods.

fat orange retard raving about tariffs doesn't make the city planning board expedite the permitting process on a new plant, nor waive the ever-lengthening list of bullshit code requirements. it doesn't make the state's DNR suddenly stop requiring a multi-million dollar environmental impact study before the project can even begin. it doesn't make the army of sniveling lawyers quit filing law suits on behalf of environmental NGOs, bratty natives, "we need mo money for dem programs", and the Boomer Oaks HOA who's mad about truck traffic on the highway, nor judges from issuing injunctions to halt construction for years until all the cases are resolved. it won't stop the army of HR women from rejecting every single person who applies for a job at the plant for not listing 10 years experience in manufacturing and a college degree on their resume. and it'll raise the price of all sorts of supplies and raw materials they'll need in construction and operation.

if you had any idea how long it takes to renovate office space in an existing commercial building for a new tenant who wants slightly different shaped office space, you wouldn't be so optimistic on the ability to build out manufacturing capacity. you will sit around for a month leasing office space you can't use because the city building department wants to go back and forth with the engineering firm over the width of existing stairwells that aren't being modified in any way, and you will be happy.