"America will have a domestic shoe industry..."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

"America will have a domestic shoe industry when Americans decide to pay more for shoes."

[haele]

1. San Antonio Shoes - they are higher priced....

But they do make shoes here in the US, as well as selling classic work and specialty shoe brands in their brick and mortar stores.
Tariffs will hit them pretty hard, along with other shoe manufacturers
On edit, along with New Balance, which does have a made in USA line.
It's not that hard to find clothing manufacturers that are Made in the US. Or to find the cloth or yarn/thread to make that clothing that was manufactured here. The only real issue is the cost.

https://mysasshoes.com/about-sas-shoes

[elleng]

5. EXACTLY!

I've bought SAS shoes from them for YEARS!

Not cheap, but they LAST!

[Nigrum Cattus]

2. We do have a domestic shoe industry !

I'm wearing a pair right now.
https://www.newbalance.com/made-in-the-usa/

[Rebl2]

3. They are

assembled here maybe, but where do the materials to make the shoes come from?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. A significant amount of material in those shoes is from abroad.

[ITAL]

16. I love the 993s

I've been wearing them for at least a decade at this point. It's a really quality shoe, and better than a couple of other New balance types I tried.

All IMHO.

[Rebl2]

19. So those

materials likely subject to tariffs?

[Charlie Chapulin]

4. Shoes for industry!

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[Paladin]

14. Awright! Firesign!

Listened to them incessantly, all through college, many years ago. Brilliant work---thanks for bringing back some great memories in these dark times...

[Charlie Chapulin]

21. You are most certainly welcome.

[Paladin]

22. All together now: "Porgey Tirebiter, he's a spy and a girl delighter..." (nt)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Thank you for that fine post! nt

[jmowreader]

6. There is a builder of custom work boots in Spokane, WA

They run between $500 and $700, and they take as much as seven months to make.

[Johonny]

7. New Balance has a USA line

It does cost more, but the mark up on shoes is insane.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

8. It seems very unlikely. I know it is very difficult for Americans to understand, but there

are things that we just don't do very well and that other countries have developed workforces to do over many decades. It is more than just a matter of every thing is equal but labor costs are lower. China and other countries have developed close-knit supply chains, factories in the same localities, shipping infrastructure, and a workforce skilled in the very type of work that it takes to produce these goods over many many years. America has not; and likely will not. Shifting production to America would be a much more mechanized proposition which would make an American shoe industry far less able to respond to the demands of shoe makers to make limited production runs for testing and sampling--something China and Vietnam are very good at it.

There are many realities that are being ignored by the Administration as it levies these tariffs, but when has reality been a barrier for F-47?

[musette_sf]

9. Two words:

Brockton, Massachusetts

Once the shoe capital of America, decimated because the factories didn’t want unions.

https://brocktonsgreatmigration.blogspot.com/p/historical-10.html?m=1

[WarGamer]

10. I love my Made in the USA NEW BALANCE kicks...

All of their US Made styles are clearly advertised as such.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I have three pairs of New Balances 608 series

All made in Indonesia. I paid $50.00 to $70.00 for them from Amazon Prime.

[WarGamer]

12. Here are some of their Made in the USA styles

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. How much do they cost?

[WarGamer]

17. all of their Made in USA styles are at least 120

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. That's a lot of money to a lot of people.

[WarGamer]

20. true... about 2x the cost of their Indonesia made shoes

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. I have three pairs of 608s.

It's easy to alternate them.