Comment on A year after Trump's near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 5 weeks agoI know! Trump is the first president to ever place tariffs on another nation. /s Millions should be kicked off the government cheese. It is bankrupting the nation.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Your comment is a tad hysterical.
The critique here is how disorganized he is, changing tariff policy by the day, which is a notoriously stupid thing to do. The effects of this are felt in the market, the supply chain, and harm our international economic prospects as the rest of the world reconfigures the supply chain around the fact that the US is no longer a reliable trading partner. Tariffs also have a negative effect on inflation, as it constitutes a tax that is passed on to consumers.
Also, you’re wrong on health care. We should be spending more, not less. We’re the only major country in the world that doesn’t use people’s own tax dollars to provide for their health care, and it’s self-evident what a bad policy that is.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 5 weeks ago
You think it’s disorganized, but it is part of his plan. We saw this last time he was in office.
Studies have shown his tariffs did not increase inflation. So why bring up misinformation?
I am not wrong. I am right. It is costing too much money and we cannot afford it. It is bad spending.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You’re right, inflation hasn’t increased yet, but it will. Trump knows this, which is why he’s demanding that companies simply eat the increased cost. (Link Link)
This is the other problem with how you’re trying to argue this. You’re simply denying the inevitable long-term effects because they haven’t yet fully materialized, but one can look at the trade deals happening outside the US to see the writing on the wall. (Link)
This is also the same reason that the negative effects of the BBB aren’t scheduled to kick in until after the mid-term elections.
To take advantage of misinformed people like yourself.
As for health care, again, you’re wrong. Every other major country on earth pays less and has better outcomes than we do, so monetarily and in terms of public health, what we can’t afford is the disastrous public-private partnership that currently exists, because all it’s accomplishing is killing people and fattening up CEO’s.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 5 weeks ago
We don’t know if inflation will increase or not. It isn’t guaranteed to raise inflation. The last time it didn’t raise inflation. This time they do not appear to be driving inflation either.
www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-trump-tariffs/
I don’t care what every other country does. That is a weird response. Other countries tax their rich less and their middle class more. Would you be happy if we did that? If not, then stop talking about different countries.