Right? Like I’d LOVE to be proven wrong and for this to actually help our economy and the middle class. It’s just that I’m realistic and can see that this is much more likely to lead us to a recession instead
Comment on How wil people react if Trump is right about Tariffs?
TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Most people who aren’t right-wing nut jobs know how to admit when they’re wrong about something and how to be happy for something that actually is a positive for the majority of people who aren’t already rich, regardless of how that result was achieved.
Tariffs are normal, they encourage a strong local economy that doesn’t get screwed over by a dominant economy that decides to use the trade relationship against the local economy, but they haven’t been “aggressive” since the last time they were used as an act of war and ended up causing a depression.
FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 1 week ago
knightly@pawb.social 1 week ago
But America was that dominant economy, right up until the tarrifs were imposed. Now it’s more like we’re brexiting ourselves.