lets worry about getting another R first lol and no i would not worry about this.
I'm as surprised as anyone we got them for 3 years straight now.
lets worry about getting another R first lol and no i would not worry about this.
The thing that makes this whole "border tax" idea a bit worrisome is that it probably has more chance of becoming law than a lot of these wacky ideas, simply because most of the mainstream imports are now being made in US factories, and this sort of law would only hurt enthusiasts or people buying low-volume cars--or those with enough money not to care about a surcharge on their $80k car. Thus, it's conceivable that it could pass because the blowback would be minimal.
There's still the issue that their profits go overseas. And from what I've read about their production facilities, they're robotic to the point where they only need a minimal amount workers.
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Yeah, the irony of all of this is that it's all smoke and mirrors, really. A "factory" is no longer the "factory" of your grandpappy. It's not a place where thousands of union workers work the line; it's more like a clean room where robots which were science fiction a few years ago assemble cars at speeds and with precision impossible to duplicate with traditional human labor. So when politicians talk about keeping factories here, it isn't about bringing back the early 20th century manufacturing base, and it sure isn't about bringing back the numbers of blue collar jobs that people wish for.
For car buyers, this is good stuff--the robots make damn fine cars. And no, it makes zero difference where the robots are really.
It does seem extremely short-sighted to try to solve a 2ist century structural employment issue by promising a return to 19th century manufacturing norms. Seems also...unlikely...to work.
I agree with everything you said. You have what I consider rare insight, especially if you're relatively young. I worked in a factory when I was young. Robots were science fiction. The computer mouse was just invented. We were transitioning from tubes to transistors. Dirt was invented
I wish I was young. I'm 55, though some days I feel older...