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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBen Sasse (R-NE): "Make America Great Again" shouldn't mean "Make America 1929 Again."
re: the trade war that is now in full effect.
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Senator Ben Sasse
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@SenSasse
About those new tariffs: Europe, Canada & Mexico aren't China. You dont treat allies the same way you treat opponents. Blanket protectionism is a big part of why we had a Great Depression. "Make America Great Again" shouldnt mean "Make America 1929 Again."
11:30 AM - May 31, 2018
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Senator Ben Sasse
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@SenSasse
About those new tariffs: Europe, Canada & Mexico aren't China. You dont treat allies the same way you treat opponents. Blanket protectionism is a big part of why we had a Great Depression. "Make America Great Again" shouldnt mean "Make America 1929 Again."
11:30 AM - May 31, 2018
Of course we all know that there is a remedy for this and they wield the power to make it so. But they won't because they really believe that denial is just a river in Egypt, a place they probably couldn't find on a map in any case.
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Ben Sasse (R-NE): "Make America Great Again" shouldn't mean "Make America 1929 Again." (Original Post)
BumRushDaShow
May 2018
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Gee, nice tweet there Ben. How about you and your other n'er do well Rethug Senators
OldHippieChick
May 2018
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OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)1. Gee, nice tweet there Ben. How about you and your other n'er do well Rethug Senators
telling Cheeto!!! We already know this!!!
Caliman73
(11,736 posts)2. Look at Sasse, going with the Hawley-Smoot reference!!
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)3. this is not about stable international trade or the economy...
this is about sticking it to others out ideological vindictiveness and maybe even manipulating the market to him, his family and his cronies benefit.
BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)4. It's an intentional international "shake down"
in order to manufacture a "pay to play" agreement, where countries can get "exemptions" in exchange for greasing the palms of the "family".
Of course the ones who pay the price for "non-cooperation" are the American citizens.