American Cars To Be Made In America
American Cars To Be Made In America
By Tommy Manbeck
Image of Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Moving into the next era of the United States with the reforms by President Trump, there seems to be a migration of production moving from Mexico to the U.S. This investment in America is bringing hope to cities who failed when these very automotive manufacturing jobs were exported to Mexico, and will give Detroit citizens hope to restore their economy. According to Bunkley, America's largest auto producers pledged to invest in the USA by building plants here. The companies pledging to move production to the USA include Ford who will invest 700 million, FCA who will spend 1 billion and GM who with their new plant, will invest 1 billion to create American manufacturing jobs.
With Detroit's economy so behind the rest of the United States (as seen in the graph above), it will be huge for them to have these manufacturing jobs back where they belong. A healthy unemployment rate is around 5 percent, but Detroit is nearly double that statistic. To worsen matters, Detroit's issue lies primarily in cyclical unemployment which is the most difficult for an economy to recover from without government intervention.
Large American automotive companies left Detroit in the past, due to a large per unit tax on production of these vehicles, making it far less profitable to produce here. These taxes were imposed on automotive companies for the polluting nature of manufacturing to correct the negative externalities of this pollution. According to President Trump in This Video , these taxes and permits are for things most people would have never heard of and as an environmentalist, he of course wants to protect the environment on his quest to create many stable and lasting jobs in the U.S. (Reuters) President Trump is doing a great thing by nudging fortune 500 companies back to the states, as it will ensure more Americans a have stable income, allowing them to succeed and live happier, healthier lives.
Donald Trump's import tariff may be a large step in the right direction, but this 35% tax on importing goods to the USA is only a small step in the direction of solving America's unemployment problems, which will lead to reducing welfare and increasing safety as fewer people will be fiscally challenged. Likewise, these companies investing in America are also only a small step in the direction of creating these jobs to move wealth back to the USA. Step by step, we are going to accomplish these goals of making America rich again, making America safe again, making America strong again, and making America great again.
Works Cited
Bunkley, Nick. “GM to Invest $1 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing, Move Axle Work from Mexico.” Automotive News, Automotive News, 17 Jan. 2017, www.autonews.com/ article/20170116/OEM01/170119817/gm-to-invest-$1-billion-in-u.s.-manufacturing-move-axle-work-from.
Reuters. “What Donald Trump Told America’s Biggest Automakers.” Fortune.com, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2017, fortune.com/2017/01/24/donald-trump-auto-executives-increase-production/.
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