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Old 01-28-2025, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Everyone is currently scrambling to showcase why they are the one who truly understands tarrifs, a word they probably first heard like 2 months ago. You see, tarrifs are very bad things that only hurt americans, and trump is either too stupid/evil to understand that, unlike me who is obviously very smart/good.

TLDR: They're a negotiating tactic, and they seem to be working if colombia is any indication.
Tariffs are well understood.

Colombia was a security bluff and not an economic bluff.

Tariffs have failed in the past soy bean farms... &



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Originally Posted by shovelquest
Except it rewards people that bring jobs to USA.
We don't have the infrastructure to make this change and no one is going to work these jobs that pay too little, while the products still don't compete.