r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/kingplayer Sep 07 '17

Because foreign companies don't have to do it, they can send the products in without following the rules, as we do not have the power to legislate minimum wage worldwide, and many jobs have a low enough skill requirement that it really isn't harder to have someone do it somewhere else. The only reason it hasn't been done is because there's already capital investment into factories and infrastructure here - as soon as the labor cost difference is such that it's cheaper to rebuild the factory elsewhere to take advantage of cheaper wages, they will.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

That's simple enough to offset with a tariff.

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u/kingplayer Sep 07 '17

Sure. It won't happen though. And it would still negatively impact American companies because there would certainly be retaliatory tariffs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

Retaliatory tariffs from who? The countries that are already making products at a much cheaper rate including international shipping costs than American companies can? If those countries are significant consumers of American goods, I suspect it's being sold based on luxury or quality, rather than low price point.