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Originally Posted by Ike Bana

And look what happens to other jobs when the antics used to get jobs to come back actually bring a few jobs back.

Ford loses $1 Billion and prepares for Massive Layoffs.

I work in the manufacturing field, building climate control systems for server and clean rooms. Material costs have hit us also. While I won't argue that the tariffs have cut into corporate profits, it seems the restructuring would probably be happening anyway. Ford has admitted that it will be aimed at the salaried sector of their company of which they have "too many layers". Also, it seems many of the layoffs will be in the global, not domestic arena. I see a lot more to the condition of the auto industry woes than tariffs. My Super Duty (Lariat diesel) had an MSRP of 37,745 in 2007. I will never be able to replace it as a new one now costs 67,540. That MSRP isn't much different than the pre-tariff 2018 model.