At this point, I'm just going to sit back, wait, and then watch the dumb motherfuckers that voted for Trump see what tariffs actually do. If they think that things are too expensive now... yeah, enjoy even crazier inflation and a global trade war courtesy of the billionaire con-man that "speaks to you". Or if you voted for him because yo…
At this point, I'm just going to sit back, wait, and then watch the dumb motherfuckers that voted for Trump see what tariffs actually do. If they think that things are too expensive now... yeah, enjoy even crazier inflation and a global trade war courtesy of the billionaire con-man that "speaks to you". Or if you voted for him because you don't like wokeness, it's called "Cutting off your nose to spite your face."
The tarries thing will be a total shit show because the USA is firmly embedded as the core beneficiary (ignoring income inequality issues ) of a negotiated system that’s lasted decades. Tariffs automatically allow counter sanctions and so US exporters (including in services) will get fucked at the same time as import fees rise. Consumers get fucked one way, companies another and the only people who profit are those making money off the tariffs (inefficient domestic producers and government)
A much more interesting and nuanced debate would be to discuss wage price adjustment on a global scale. After all Free Trade was meant to be producing things in country X not country Y because the non-labour costs were lower (technology, proximity to inputs, transport costs) but largely it’s just become a tool to dismantle labour.
Appointing a Fox News host as Secretary of Defense and Matt Gaetz as Attorney General signals that the shit show is forming, even though the curtain has yet to lift.
Like you, my friend, I’m hoping for the best. But today, Orange Man Bad claimed a tiny bit of real estate in my brain, despite my best intentions. I will try to evict him tomorrow.
I'm at the same point. I don't want the Democrats to fight, I want the Republicans to do everything they campaigned on. Maybe once the enact all of their crazy stuff (across the board tariffs, mass deportation, more tax cuts for the rich, firing of civil servants, RFK jr in charge of HHS, tax-payer funded religious education, etc...) we can finally move away from the MAGA movement.
At this point, I'm just going to sit back, wait, and then watch the dumb motherfuckers that voted for Trump see what tariffs actually do. If they think that things are too expensive now... yeah, enjoy even crazier inflation and a global trade war courtesy of the billionaire con-man that "speaks to you". Or if you voted for him because you don't like wokeness, it's called "Cutting off your nose to spite your face."
If that doesn’t happen, will you come back here and admit you were wrong?
Don’t misunderstand me- I think it’s going to be a shit show. But I’m really hoping for the best
The tarries thing will be a total shit show because the USA is firmly embedded as the core beneficiary (ignoring income inequality issues ) of a negotiated system that’s lasted decades. Tariffs automatically allow counter sanctions and so US exporters (including in services) will get fucked at the same time as import fees rise. Consumers get fucked one way, companies another and the only people who profit are those making money off the tariffs (inefficient domestic producers and government)
A much more interesting and nuanced debate would be to discuss wage price adjustment on a global scale. After all Free Trade was meant to be producing things in country X not country Y because the non-labour costs were lower (technology, proximity to inputs, transport costs) but largely it’s just become a tool to dismantle labour.
I’ve been so focused on the domestic impact on consumers re higher prices that I hadn’t considered the retaliation you describe. Uff da!
Appointing a Fox News host as Secretary of Defense and Matt Gaetz as Attorney General signals that the shit show is forming, even though the curtain has yet to lift.
Like you, my friend, I’m hoping for the best. But today, Orange Man Bad claimed a tiny bit of real estate in my brain, despite my best intentions. I will try to evict him tomorrow.
I'm at the same point. I don't want the Democrats to fight, I want the Republicans to do everything they campaigned on. Maybe once the enact all of their crazy stuff (across the board tariffs, mass deportation, more tax cuts for the rich, firing of civil servants, RFK jr in charge of HHS, tax-payer funded religious education, etc...) we can finally move away from the MAGA movement.
Tariffs plus mass deportations of our agricultural and meat processing workers will drive inflation down - like nothing anyone has ever seen before.