RE: How Fucked Up Are Trumptards?
August 9, 2018 at 2:38 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2018 at 2:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 9, 2018 at 2:25 pm)alpha male Wrote: Yes, tariffs hurt the overall economy. However, I disagree that it's always best to write off certain sectors in order to achieve maximum efficiency. The country is made up of individual people. If a healthy manufacturing sector is necessary to preserve a healthy middle class, then I don't mind paying more for some goods in order to maintain that sector. You could argue that it would be more efficient to let it go, raise taxes, and support those workers through transfer payments, but IMO the dignity that many people derive from a decent job is an important intangible worth preserving.Too bad that these tariffs don't do anything to maintain any sector...precisely the opposite...and I'd give more credence to this "dignity" shit if the people apologizing for tarriffs hadn't created the shame complex in the first place.
I mean really..make them feel like shit because you fucked them..and then use that shame to justify fucking them further? I'll give the rightwingers this...that shit is downright biblical.
Quote:That said, in general I don't think Trump sees most of his tariffs as being long-term. He probably thinks other countries will blink and remove their tariffs before too long.
Yeah, great idea..play chicken with peoples jobs and "dignity". What could go wrong?
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