I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment.

Already purchased my big ticket items last year with the anticipation this all could take place. Another option is purchasing used items from private sellers.

The consuming masses quite ignorant of the power they hold. People like to blame manufacturers, other countries, gvts. for the trade situation. American consumers chose to vote with their wallets many decades ago, I well remember the 1980's and the establishment of Wallmart and other big box retailers displacing local mom and pop establishments. Consumers have one track lowest price minds, hey cheap Chinese products, I'll have some of that. The de-industrialization of America during same period also comes to mind, we pay too much to union workers, outsourcing for cheap labor results in lower prices, the consumer says I'm all for that.

And now you tell me we're all done with that, I don't think so, consumers continue to cry about high prices, inflation, I don't think reliance on solely American citizen labor and a complete rebuild of infrastructure is going to help that situation. Nope, we're at the point we're all screwed, mass consumerism ain't going to fix it.

@ghdprentice +1 I worked in a Ford manufacturing plant for a short while and had friends and acquaintances working in industrial settings back in the day. Miserable jobs, guys had to let off steam somehow, drugs, alcohol, partying in general was the means to do that. And I know from first hand experience how miserable that job was, repetitive tasks take a major toll, I lasted about two months in a job that paid me at least twice, three times what I could make doing other unskilled labor. When people make the claim these workers paid too much, that really gets to me. If these guys have it so good why aren't you doing their job. Perhaps its you that's making too much, ever think about that/

As to the tariffs, the real reason behind them is self serving as others have stated. If the goal is to truly bring back manufacturing to the US, this is either totally misguided or a lie. Demographics alone means we don't have the supply of labor to bring back industry on a large scale, how about relocation of labor, and cost of rebuilding infrastructure, paying union scale or something close to that, medical insurance costs of labor, sure there many more costs missing here. And people complain about inflation, you ain't seen nothing! This whole thing is a shell game, they got your eyes on one thing when in reality it something else altogether.

Those professionals losing jobs due to AI are perfect candidates to pick the crops, work in all the new factories coming, janitorial services, temp workers of all kinds, therefore, all the jobs illegals/immigrants presently filling. Have my welding goggles ready to go for the brightest, shiniest future you've ever seen.