@Redditsux@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 months ago‘Makes No Sense’: WSJ Editorial Board Savages Trump Tariffs on Allies as ‘Dumbest Trade War in History’www.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down17cross-posted to: leopardsatemyface@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.world
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minus-square@ubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 months agoIt makes sense. If the goal is to create a crisis so bad, it requires unitary executive power “to solve”.
minus-square@szczuroarturo@programming.devlinkfedilink7•2 months agoIn case of US it probably also makes sense as a tax since US is so deep in debt and tarrifs are probably the only acceptable tax for trump voter base .
minus-square@brucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-22 months agoThe revenue is like a drop in the bucket, maybe not even a gain at all if it reduces economic activity. We will need more taxes on the not-rich.
It makes sense.
If the goal is to create a crisis so bad, it requires unitary executive power “to solve”.
In case of US it probably also makes sense as a tax since US is so deep in debt and tarrifs are probably the only acceptable tax for trump voter base .
The revenue is like a drop in the bucket, maybe not even a gain at all if it reduces economic activity.
We will need more taxes on the not-rich.