Hey guys, its too hard, don't bother.. That's not the point. If for some reason China decides to not send us steel/medication/etc then we just don't have it. It will be a lot harder to build the infrastructure when you don't even have the materials to build the plants. This needs to be done even if it is HARD. That is kind of the point. We need to break all reliance on anything "critical" for the function of the country and its food/medical infra and military on other countries. Archive: https://archive.today/71G3Z From the post: >>On April 2nd, 2025, our president announced major new taxes on imports from foreign countries (“tariffs”), ranging from 10% to 49%. The stated goal is to bring manufacturing back to the United States and to “make America wealthy again”. These tariffs will not work. In fact, they may even do the opposite, fail to bring manufacturing back and make America poorer in the process. This article gives the 14 reasons why this is the case, how the United States could bring manufacturing back if it were serious about doing so, and what will ultimately happen with this wrongheaded policy. I’ve been in the manufacturing industry for 15 years. I’ve manufactured in the USA and in China. I worked in a factory in China. I speak and read Chinese. I’ve purchased millions of dollars worth of goods from the US and China, but also Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Cambodia. I’ve also visited many factories in Mexico and consider myself a student of how countries rise and fall.