(11-27-2024, 03:32 PM)EaldNarche wrote: The thing I don't understand about the tariffs, is it seems to just be America shooting itself in the foot? We import nearly everything and don't have the infrastructure in place to make most of this stuff ourselves and won't for years, so Trump will just be forcing everyone to pay more for stuff we can't buy elsewhere. :v And even when we are able to make it in America, it'll be by people we actually have to pay wages. It won't be produced by chinese children for pennies. Is Trump gonna send us all monthly stimmies so we can afford to buy the new american made walmart goods?Trump's a moron and thinks it will give him "leverage" to negotiate a "better deal" because he's an idiot. To all the other idiots this makes sense because they're idiots and think taking yourself hostage with no leverage is a brilliant idea.
Look at Nintex, he thinks it's a problem if the Chinese state subsidizes our consumers for some reason so we need to punish ourselves for this. And thinks you need to build some kind of anti-trade fortress even against countries that aren't doing the "problem" to keep your precious bodily fluids pure.
(11-27-2024, 05:53 PM)Nintex wrote: Overall there is no perfect solution but none of the trade agreements we are operating under today are caught up with these times. The intention was never to ship plastic spoons halfway across the globe. It was really a matter of production not being able to meet demand and giving China an opportunity to meet that demand on a level playing field. When those agreements were signed the western countries certainly had no idea this would be the result. They expected China to become more Democratic if its people became more prosperous and educated.
