[throwmeaway222]

> All US citizens participate in a free market, as long as foreign labor is cheaper then American businesses have no incentive to participate in the economy.

You just said it right there, a great argument to make the tariffs match what is required to allow US Citizens to compete with global slave labor prices - OR block all products built with slave labor.

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[bigyabai]

Sounds like a communist planned economy, to me. Why can't Americans vote with their dollar? Nobody should be forced to pay higher prices for everyday goods simply because American businesses are apathetic. It's the economy, stupid.

If we're going to play the "authoritarian economics" card, it makes much more sense to start building what you want now. The game of hot potato trying to make Intel worthy of Apple's business is a waste of American taxpayer dollars that could be going towards a nationalized fab that doesn't suck Satan's ballsack. It's a national embarrassment now that SMIC can beat American-owned fabs on transistor density and yield.