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In reply to the discussion: Why can't the War Powers include manufacturing affordable electric cars? [View all]Igel
(35,282 posts)Because we'd rather pay rather less for a part made in Taiwan (or elsewhere) than one made in the US.
And having changed our minds--at least some of us--it takes time to build a chip manufacturing plant.
So next time you see two options at the store, pretty much equivalent, and buy the cheaper one made out-of-USA instead the made-in-USA one, that's the answer to your question.
Example?
A few years back my food processor died. (Thanks, ex-wife.)
I bought a new one. Found *none* that were tolerably not-bad were made in the US. Paid $60 more for one made in France and not in China. (Even if I rather preferred Chinese-made ones ... to this day.) Decided not helping racist Chinese genocide and Eastern imperialism was entirely worth a 30% price hike. Not all would have been able to make the same choice. Would have preferred a US-made one. But, you know ...
Purchasing parity power.