they did the same thing with excise tax on fishing lure manufacturers.
i used to make baits and paid the 10% excise tax.
the big guys just moved their manufacturing to costa rico and since they were just importers after that, they no longer had to pay excise tax.
you can't compete with foreign unskilled labor so i quit making baits.
most small bait makers now just deal in cash.
the more politicians help develop foreign countries, the more it hurts average, work a day Americans.
big companies want to develop customers in poor foreign countries so they train workers there that will work for low pay.
10% tariffs and excise taxes will not stop this trend.
i don't see a solution to help our young people here get a good paying job.
aren't we at an all time high for people being government employees? to me, that's not a good thing.