Paul Krugman....

[pbmus]

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[redstatebluegirl]

1. If you are thinking of buying anything made of steel or aluminum do it now.

Cars, appliances, lots of things are going to go through the roof.

[tazkcmo]

2. On the other hand

All my aluminum cans are gonna make me rich! Bawahahahaha!

[randr]

3. That dog is getting wagged pretty hard by a very few

and influential greed heads. You would think the tax break gift would keep them satisfied for a while.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I'm Not Convinced of This

These tariffs are bad for a lot of MAJOR economic players in the US. The slightest retaliatory strike hits them, and since many of them are already invested in foreign countries, so they can save on labor and regulation, only to export back to the US, hurts their ability to do that.

I think this is a stupid "playing to the base" move that some moron like Mulvaney, Miller, or Mnuchin thinks is a good idea and the moron played along because it's always campaign mode.

I'm not seeing that this benefits american business or investors that much more than just letting things alone.

[randr]

9. He is either doing some fellow ass wipe a favor

or getting some sort of revenge on someone

[Caliman73]

4. I remember Trumka from the AFL-CIO was on about the issue some time back.

I don't think that he supported tariffs though, as that would spark a trade war. He was focused on strengthening enforcement of existing policies that the Chinese were getting around.

Trump thinks that he is in a game where he can bluff and bully and there will be no consequences.

While I do think that places like China regularly cheat at trade, a trade war will do nothing to fix the situation.

[BadGimp]

5. This does not feel like Winning.

[GoCubsGo]

6. I guess I'll hang onto those bags of aluminum cans I have sitting in the garage for a while longer.

Was going to haul the to the recycler. I guess I'll wait. Might get a few more bucks for them. Maybe I'll start collecting off the roadsides, too. Thanks Dumbass!

[pansypoo53219]

8. NPR showed this will hurt other industries. moron shit.