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In reply to the discussion: Trump on tariffs: 'Sorry, it's time for a change' [View all]Mosby
(16,390 posts)39. a 5 percent tariff would have yielded
145 million that we could have spent on infrastructure improvements or the social security trust fund.
And the furniture and bedding would not have gone up by a penny.
The Chinese are laughing all the way to the bank.
Eta - I do not support trump in any way, shape or form, but the Democratic party is letting the globalists dictate trade policy, starting with bill Clinton.
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Best case scenario with this strategy is a global economic recession.
Still In Wisconsin
Mar 2018
#13
No problem, we'll just have to fork over more for our new cars. So looks like it's a tax on us.
YOHABLO
Mar 2018
#34
If by great you mean make everything cost more, lose jobs, cause inflation then yeah.
onecaliberal
Mar 2018
#35