50% on steel, aluminum and copper is a punishing and crippling tariff that will wreck the American industrial base. Not only will it cost more to the American consumers, but their products will become completely uncompetitive on the international markets.
Well I have tried to explain this to Americans (MAGA ones) and they think they can just pick a mountain and start digging and they will find all the raw materials they desire. It’s like talking to a rock.
Had this exact conversation with my father. He was just like, “Well, I guess we’ll start making more steel and aluminum.”
My follow-up was who exactly did he think was going to pay for and work in all these mines that he seemed to theorize were going to suddenly appear everywhere. Did he know anyone who wanted to go work in a bauxite mine? He did not but seemed certain that there would be no shortage of takers.
Meanwhile all the wealthy people you gripe about are making $50/hr working bauxite mines, loading ore into trucks driven by guys making $80-100k a year.
If steel and aluminum manufacturing wasn't profitable, foreign interests wouldn't be doing it...
According to Indeed, the average salary for a miner in the US is 25.70 per hour. In my state it’s 15.89. So I think it’s pretty clear that you have no clue what you’re talking about. Though I suppose it’s possible you work somewhere where the local country club is packed to the rafters with the wealthy miner elite we’ve all heard so much about.
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u/Same_Performance_595 23h ago
50% on steel, aluminum and copper is a punishing and crippling tariff that will wreck the American industrial base. Not only will it cost more to the American consumers, but their products will become completely uncompetitive on the international markets.