I think the tariffs will wind up a disaster. But I thought they'd have sunk our economy quicker, which they haven't. Meanwhile, AI keeps the stock market bubbling upward.
It seems to be working - companies that bought $2 China doohickies that sold them for $5 are now paying $4 and now charging $6 and you're going to get $2000 for buying that doohickie for a dollar more.
Meanwhile people that are in the working class don't buy doohickies, they just buy American grown food (for the most part) in this economy, so they aren't suffering much at all from the tariffs.
It almost makes trump sound like Robin Hood.
maxerickson•2mo ago
Why are they removing the tariffs on beef?
techblueberry•2mo ago
Why is my grocery bill so high then, literally everything is more expensive.
almosthere•2mo ago
because biden made it high
techblueberry•2mo ago
In 2057 do we get to keep using the same excuse?
JumpCrisscross•2mo ago
He did. Trump doubled down on inflationary policies, from inducing supply shocks to cutting rates while blowing the deficit.
bix6•2mo ago
That hasn’t updated since July though, is the trend continuing?
JumpCrisscross•2mo ago
> is the trend continuing?
We'll find out on Friday [1]. (Last update was in August.)
A bit rich to start off by conceding that the policies are coherent.
TimorousBestie•2mo ago
Read his other articles, the author makes a living pretending that he’s a Trump whisperer and can read the five-dimensional chess strategies.
Hard to convince somebody of something that interferes with their cash flow and all that.
kccoder•2mo ago
This administration is not "America First". It is Trump first, second, third, ..., Trump's children/family, ..., ..., ..., influential people who stroke Trump's ego, ..., the rich, ...
techblueberry•2mo ago
Have they appeared good? What am I winning?
JumpCrisscross•2mo ago
Higher median usual real earnings [1].
I think the tariffs will wind up a disaster. But I thought they'd have sunk our economy quicker, which they haven't. Meanwhile, AI keeps the stock market bubbling upward.
[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q
almosthere•2mo ago
Meanwhile people that are in the working class don't buy doohickies, they just buy American grown food (for the most part) in this economy, so they aren't suffering much at all from the tariffs.
It almost makes trump sound like Robin Hood.
maxerickson•2mo ago
techblueberry•2mo ago
almosthere•2mo ago
techblueberry•2mo ago
JumpCrisscross•2mo ago
bix6•2mo ago
JumpCrisscross•2mo ago
We'll find out on Friday [1]. (Last update was in August.)
[1] https://www.bls.gov/schedule/2025/11_sched.htm