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LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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I think it will bounce back a little tomorrow. Trump made a statement that he was open to negotiation and this no doubt cheered some people up. A lot of business people continue to be convinced that in the end none of this will be permanent. Maybe they’re right. I hope they are. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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1. Because we’re supposed to believe in capitalism. Other countries don’t. Historically that’s been to their loss and our gain. 2. Yes. And to correct you: if we carry out these tariffs as planned they will not be bad for us; they will be catastrophic for us. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Second guy to brag about this in the thread. Why are most MAGA people such a$$holes? Surely it’s not a coincidence… -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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I am at the National World War II Museum in NOLA today. 80 years of prosperity created by the sacrifice of these brave men and women of the Greatest Generation ended yesterday. Guess they didn’t realize they were suckers and losers after all. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Yes there’s a good chance you will shortly witness a world without globalism. See how much you enjoy it. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Your presence here is even more embarrassing (for you) than your absence. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Not going to happen. The best hope is that Trump sees the stock market, sees the reaction of the public, and in a few weeks or months makes some face saving trade deals and declares victory. I still think there’s a very good chance of this. Worst case scenario is we have to wait until the next election in which Congress goes heavily blue and takes back the tariffs power. But if we have to wait that long the damage is going to be huge. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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The scale of this is so massive. We won’t know the consequences for months, possibly years to come. Smoot-Hawley led directly to the economic instability that caused all the dictatorships in Europe, including the Third Reich. We are creating a similar economic instability, and poverty, not just in Europe but…frigging everywhere. We take the stability of certain nations for granted: Japan, South Korea, Western Europe, etc. what happens to those countries when we create 15% unemployment or higher? And we haven’t even discussed Latin America. What do you guys think the result of higher unemployment down there will be? Gee I’ll let you guess…. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Dow is down 1500 points. And as predicted, @Horseman who dismissed this possibility and mocked anyone who predicted it, is nowhere to be found. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Maybe but I really don’t think he is capable of such calculation. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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The new argument is suddenly “short term pain for long term gain.” But most economists are clear: there is no long term gain here. Basically we’re looking at pain until we get rid of the tariffs: When we get rid of the tariffs we will be in a worse situation than when we started. How much worse depends on how long we wait to get rid of them. An accurate description is “short term pain for long term pain.” -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Agreed. Trump has kept his word on the tariffs. I feared he would. It was my number one economic reason to not vote for him. But I still maintain that YOU misunderstand him. You continue to seem to believe that the tariffs are a means to an end (to get other nations to lower their tariffs against us.) That’s wrong; the tariffs are the end. Trump honestly believes they will return us to the manufacturing giant we were 100 years ago. He thinks he can revive it. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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People who are truly financially well off don’t brag about it. -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Hey Captain Idiot. The tariffs are based on trade deficits. They’re not reciprocal (they will be now.) -
LIBERATION DAY: New tariffs on ALL imports begin April 2
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Figure it out for yourself, fool. Don’t take my word for it.