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by reaperman 716 days ago
The government is doing what it can to keep things expensive to insulate domestic industry from global changes. This is entirely on purpose. 266% tax on chinese steel, 25% tariff on pickup trucks, 30-50% tariffs on washing machines, 100% tariffs on electric vehicles, 50% tariffs on solar panels, etc.

This isn’t even getting into the regulatory capture which prevents foreign products from being used/sold in USA.