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by brianwawok 21 days ago
Who’s paying to bring online a factory that sites idle just in case? Are you also paying workers to sit there idle?
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The logical thing is that the government buys them continually at the higher price which justifies the existence of the factory with the requirement that it is made here and if this is not sufficient motivation you make buying something more buying something profitable contingent
Like the Jones act but for gloves
Well I wouldn't pay for it to be idle; if you want to ensure you have the ability to do it, then you buy some proportion of it's potential output at their increased costs; but while that's happening you work on all the reasons it's more expensive.
Things like paying the workers a livable wage?