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Originally Posted by Robbie
And yet...the jobs are still being done by humans in other countries.
I've heard the doom and gloom argument for years about automation. Same argument the unions were screaming about since the 1950's with car manufacturers.
But again...PEOPLE are still making things. And the plants and factories where they are making them have moved from the U.S. to other countries.
Today Trump put out the plan of lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 down to 15 to 20%
Imagine if you are a giant corporation making a billion dollars a year in profit.
That tax cut saves you from $150 to $200 MILLION dollars a year!
And Trump is telling them that if they bring their plants and jobs BACK to the U.S., then they are gold.
If they don't? He is going to put a border tax on their ass that will negate the savings from the corporate tax.
He is making the U.S. THE place to build your factories and jobs.
What is wrong with that?
Is automation a factor?
Yeah...it has been for the last 60 to 70 years. So what? There are still MILLIONS of jobs in this world that American companies have outsourced to other countries.
If Trump's economic policies can bring those back...that my friend is a very, very good thing.
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The corporations are going to put that tax savings into the pockets of their shareholders. They are not going to build factories and bring manufacturing back to this country. This is reality, if you think otherwise you are just fooling yourself. Corporations are only interested in the bottom line, not the workers. History has borne this out countless times. Corporations are not the workers friend. This is raw capitalism at it's finest. That trickle down nonsense from the Reagan era is just smoke and mirrors.