• @Dr_Box
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    214 hours ago

    Brought this up to a friend who is very pro Trump and he said

    “Part of trying to get industry back in the country (which we would be better off with) involves making imports less appealing.”

    • @Yokozuna
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      313 hours ago

      These people have no concept of geo politics and global trade. For example, we produce a lot of the world’s soy, that’s a major export, not many other countries do it on a large scale like that - so we cut the other countries some slack and tell them we won’t produce this particular good so you can have a hand in the global economy. Yes having the production here would be ideal as I’m all for it, but the world is so much more than Murica and they can’t see past their fucking noses.

      • @Frozengyro
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        353 minutes ago

        Current import price: 80

        Current USA made price: 100

        Tariff import price: 200

        Tariff USA made price: 190

    • toomanypancakes
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      204 hours ago

      Just be sure to remind him at every opportunity that he voted for things to be more expensive.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 hours ago

      Trump is banking on foreign companies moving their operations to the US. There’s also a high chance that Trump actually won’t do anything. The guy talks a lot.