President-elect Donald Trump is pledging 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada and an extra 10% fee on all imports from China. UH economist Ed Hirs says that’s a recipe for inflation and recession.
If Trump really does remove large parts of government and raises the tariffs that way, things are going to get interesting in the Houston area. A
I’m wondering if the people behind him really do want to do all this or if he is full of hot air. I doubt, for all his bluster he that independent. If they want to do this, then it must be a deliberate decision to paralyze the country for some reason. Why, I have no clue.
I guess we find out in January and February what so many of our futures will be
If Trump really does remove large parts of government and raises the tariffs that way, things are going to get interesting in the Houston area. A
I’m wondering if the people behind him really do want to do all this or if he is full of hot air. I doubt, for all his bluster he that independent. If they want to do this, then it must be a deliberate decision to paralyze the country for some reason. Why, I have no clue.
I guess we find out in January and February what so many of our futures will be
Houston proper doesn’t vote for Trump. The burbs do.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/kamala-harris-election-houston-harris-county-19893680.php
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Despite-national-result-Houston-area-goes-blue-10606238.php