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ChrisMarshallNYlast Tuesday at 10:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

What folks don't talk about, is that the reason for all the offshoring, is good old-fashioned American Greed™.

Lots of billionaires in the US, got that way, by exporting all their production to China. Because they did it, lots of lower-tier people had to do the same, or go out of business.

Since we worship billionaires, that little bit never seems to get mentioned, as it makes them look bad.

The only cure is to cost some of those billionaires money.

Ain't gonna happen.


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tonyedgecombeyesterday at 7:20 AM

I'm not sure I would call it greed. More like survival. Once your competitor finds some cost saving measure then you have the choice of following or going out of business.

MarsIronPIlast Tuesday at 11:35 PM

> The only cure is to cost some of those billionaires money.

But that was the entire point of the Trump tariffs? Or am I missing something here?

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