Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year 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-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down119
arrow-up1127arrow-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@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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.