[mistermann]

A similar question one might ask is, before we offshore all of our labor do we have a decent, actionable plan to replace the jobs?

> The us has done a terrible job helping workers find new employment when their old factory or similar manufacturing jobs were lost to another country. I can't see that these tariffs can ever bring back many factory jobs to the us. We need a strategy to find new jobs and industries. The current plan is just not going to accomplish much of anything.

....and similar opinions identify a problem, but this manner of thinking where people say we'll "just" find new jobs (it worked out in the past few hundred years, therefore it is guaranteed to continue working indefinitely) is irresponsible, as is pointing out the simplistic isolated fact that "it's more efficient" to offshore jobs. Thoughtful, responsible leadership listens to all opinions, and considers all consequences, before rushing headfirst into incredibly transformative change in an extremely (on a relative basis) short period of time.

Indeed, many things are getting so much better for millions of people around the world. But if one takes a calm, unbiased look under the covers, some potentially very serious cracks are starting to appear economically and socially. I'm not a huge student of history, but I know enough that sometimes seemingly good and stable systems can destabilize very quickly.