As much as I like trump tarifs are not a good thing. This is exactly the oposite of free market

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So ignorant...

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Ideologically speaking, in a vacuum, assuming tariffs are a perfect sphere and that there is no friction, I think tariffs are bad.

But... ⤵️

The US is capable of making so many things in-house.

The inability to do so is a security risk. Especially for chips for military weapons...

Also competing countries like Japan in the 80s and 90s tech and car boom and China today give their public companies a leg up. Taking advantage of the "global" free trade policy of the US... All so people can buy cheap shit from Wal-Mart...

So while you're celebrating all the cheap non-tariffed goods you got, you also ain't got one of those, what's it called,,? Jobs...

People here ain't never left America and suddenly became tariff experts in 1 month.

I moved to Indonesia 10 years ago and guess what, most cars that people buy are domestically produced. Even if the brand is foreign.

Why?

Because there's a 100% luxury tax on imported cars.

Why?

CUZ THEY ARE A MANUFACTURING POWERHOUSE THAT CAN MAKE THE DAMN FORD OR HONDA OR TOYOTA locally, and so guess what, they do!

I've been to an import grocery store and saw a $0.35 coke next to a $3 Dr pepper.

Why?

Cuz Coke done moved a damn factory to Indonesia and made soda in-house.

Come on people this ain't rocket science... People aren't gonna die if they can't buy imported shit anymore...

Market's adjust.