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Yes, I do want to pay more to bolster my country's domestic workforce vs subsidizing corporate shareholders and offshore workers, while also having that come out of corporate profits. shrug
I hate to break it to you, but corporate profits are rarely affected. They just pass on the costs of the tax directly to the consumer.
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#92I was just telling someone the other day how all the talk of civil wars and unrest were overblown, Americans will never resort to that with the economy the way it is. Even in the '08 recession (and even worse scenarios), recovery was a possibility. There would be no jobs at the time, but you can reasonably expect them to be created in a few years. You could go to school and switch careers. But I think right now there…
Might be time to check with history and see how fascist governments have historically sought resources to boost their domestic economy...
Only tangentially related, the Nazis started the holocaust, in part, as a way to boost their domestic economy while making invasion supply chains viable. Less people to fight over resources, they were removing demand because of supply shortages, in literally the worst way possible.
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#93https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL Job openings are still very high, ~30% higher than the average for the last few decades.
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What do you expect when people reject education and embrace religion?
> As far as I can tell the best fix is higher education.
How do you "fix" higher education that's been rejected?
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#95Bloomberg gift linK: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/us-job-op...
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually its easy if you're a multinational. You invest outside the United States.
The US needs an offshoring tax. If you want to sell to Americans you also need to hire Americans.
People need to understand that it matters how they spend. They can't expect everyone else to pay for things to be made in America when they're not willing to themselves.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
The US needs an offshoring tax. If you want to sell to Americans you also need to hire Americans.
Anyone will tell you I'm not a regulations guy, but there's definitely a problem. When you watch these rounds of seemingly coordinated, sweeping layoffs, followed by H-1B hiring sprees, it's hard to pretend.
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#98https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL Job openings are still very high, ~30% higher than the average for the last few decades.
Shouldn’t job openings always trend upwards with increasing population?
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
The US needs an offshoring tax. If you want to sell to Americans you also need to hire Americans.
Your fellow Americans disagree, they will buy their stuff from whoever is the cheapest. People need to understand that it matters how they spend. They can't expect everyone else to pay for things to be made in America when they're not willing to themselves.