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cheema33 ◴[] No.45016963[source]
This needs to be repeated. Tariffs are a tax on ordinary citizens. Unlike regular taxes, tariffs are not progressive and therefore benefit the wealthy.

These are the sort of things the poor and middle class voted for. To make the rich, richer. And then turn around and complain that rich are getting richer and they are getting poorer.

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gosub100[dead post] ◴[] No.45017227[source]
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ActorNightly ◴[] No.45017450[source]
There hasn't been a far left leader elected in US, even on a state level.

Secondly,the point of a tariff in a normal political climate is to bring manufacturing back home. This won't happen in the current administration.

And don't confuse liberals with far left.

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1. gosub100 ◴[] No.45032264[source]
> And don't confuse liberals with far left

That's the whole point of using that phrase. It's meant to alienate and disconnect. The phrase originated by the left to make any conservative point of view seem alien and "far" away from reality. I'm glad that it can be spread around more evenly. After all, we don't want any one thing disproportionately affecting any one group, do we?