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Trump's China Tariffs Claim Another Victim: A South Carolina TV Manufacturing Plant:
The tariffs imposed by President Trump have claimed more jobs, this time at a consumer-electronics manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Element Electronics blamed tariffs on Chinese imports for its decision to shut down its manufacturing facilities in Winnsboro, SC, a town located about 30 miles north of the state's capital. The plant, which makes Element TVs, will maintain a skeleton crew of eight workers, as it hopes the shutdown will be temporary."
The news is especially hard for Winnsboro and its surrounding communities because of recent job losses in the area, including the shuttering of a Walmart store, the closing of a textile mill, and the cancellation of plans to construct two nuclear reactors.
Element notified the state's Department of Employment about its plans, according to Columbia-based The State newspaper, which first reported on the plant's closing. In its notification, Element stated, "The layoff and closure is a result of the new tariffs that were recently and unexpectedly imposed on many goods imported from China, including the key television components used in our assembly operations in Winnsboro."
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:02PM
You're absolutely correct.
I personally prefer to pay more for a well-made product that will last much longer, and employ local people to repair if necessary. That's how it was for, well, forever, until maybe 15 years ago when electronics got so cheap nobody wants to pay for repair, and I can't blame them.
An additional factor is that people like "New!" I find new stuff to be made more cheaply and much more of a PITA (dishwashers and clothes washers come to mind).
But as you said, and others are commenting, the average American doesn't care about the country as a whole, other people's jobs, etc. So we see a proliferation of Wally World- cheap disposable crap, Sears and others declining, and the average American living standard dropping- not counting the 1% of course. That's where we needed a government to do their jobs.
I remember hearing "protectionism" decried over and over. Can someone explain to me how protecting your own country is a Bad Thing? Doesn't the US Constitution say that the Govt. is to protect the USA and people? Does the Constitution limit it to military attack and protection only?