Don_Dickle to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 16 hours agoInstead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US?message-square58fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down113
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareInstead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US?Don_Dickle to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 16 hours agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-square@Thavron@lemmy.calinkfedilink5•11 hours agoIMO this is the major flaw. Tariffs could work in practice, but you’d have to announce them way ahead of time to give local businesses time to fill in the gap. Otherwise you’ll get what happens now.
minus-squareFonzie!linkfedilink2•8 hours agoThe first flaw is not discussing things with the people in charge of tariffs such as the secretary of treasury.
IMO this is the major flaw. Tariffs could work in practice, but you’d have to announce them way ahead of time to give local businesses time to fill in the gap. Otherwise you’ll get what happens now.
The first flaw is not discussing things with the people in charge of tariffs such as the secretary of treasury.