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jrochkind1 ◴[] No.45031946[source]
Even aside from the advisability of the tariffs -- it turns out there might be a reason that tarrifs haven't usually been imposed with like weeks notice, after months of back and forth, with no real advance implementation planning on the government's part and not enough time or reliable info for anyone else to do so either?

It is very strange to me that the government seems to be going for maximum shock and uncertainty on the US economy. Again, apart from the advisability of the actual tarrifs, they could have been implemented in the usual way to allow people to plan for them (and possibly give feedback on them), but they were not.

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davidcbc ◴[] No.45032020[source]
If your goal was to see the US recede as the global economic leader you couldn't create a better playbook than the one being done by this administration.
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jonny_eh ◴[] No.45032779[source]
I agree. But why is the US stock market not tanking?!
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1. uncircle ◴[] No.45036730[source]
Because it is literally being propped up by wishful thinking. Maths have been trying to catch up with the stock market since like 2020.