👋Fellow Democrats, the party needs to rethink all the anti-tariff absolutism. I’m a Rust Belt Democrat from swingy Western PA—where lousy trade deals like NAFTA stripped us for parts. Democrats need to break free from the zombie horde of neoliberal economists who think tariffs are always bad. 🧵
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Fuck bag.
The boot stamps on your face and you mewl about what a good idea it is to tongue the crevices of the lug for crumbs.
Disgusting.
*holds hand out*
*starts fire*
the Trumpanzee approach to tariffs hasn't been chaotic and inconsistent, THEY LIED ABOUT A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO INACT THEM against Canada , who gets more fentanyl crossing from America than crosses from Canada to the US.
Elbows up , Canada.
I mean, ALL of them.
Welcome home, ROBOTS and AI.
No genius tariffs are going to solve the problems you point to when neoliberalism is left to consume.
The Trump Tax Tariffs need to be attacked far more than "smart tariffs" need to be defended.
dems won the election.
dems are getting paid.
people lost and will continue to lose.
dems hate their voters because it takes their attention away from their donors.
controlled opposition supporters of genocide
genocide is a transaction? dem voters are up for sale as well.
THIS makes you out of touch with us.
you spineless shill.
put your head in the toilet and flush, you spineless useless dipshit
https://bsky.app/profile/redloribrighteyes.bsky.social/post/3ljqwypzztk2k
(unless the only constituents you care about are your donors, which lol never 🙃)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Auto_Workers
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=2&lang=en
Is your district being helped by initiating trade wars on our neighbors, friends, and allies?
Also, you need to reconsider the idea that American workers are going to be better and cheaper at making things.
But nothing in Canada or Europe, and mostly in Mexico is doing this.
We need Dems who LEAD, which means helping their voters understand why & how the GOP will harm them, not pandering.
Maybe focus on the exploitation of workers in your own state.
We can skip recession talk at this point — he’s going that extreme.
What we have today is the precursor to a 1800s/1920s-style Depression in the making.
https://bsky.app/profile/redloribrighteyes.bsky.social/post/3ljqwypzztk2k
this is all about the 'free market' screwing consumers 24/7/365.
This isn't a trade policy seminar it's a fascist regime coupled with an economic collapse
Most Americans, especially those that are 4 years old and have never stuck a fork in an electrical outlet, support sticking forks into electrical outlets. So we should do that.
Which economists? On the basis of what research?
Citations or GTFO.
Regards,
The union HVAC tech who has had enough of people with email jobs talking about us without talking to us.
https://bsky.app/profile/redloribrighteyes.bsky.social/post/3ljqwypzztk2k
May the Pennsylvania Democratic Party relieve us of your folly.
These vague statements are made by people with poor arguments not based in reality.
If you think there are useful, targeted tariffs, then try to implement them when Dems have power. But those are absolutely NOT what trump is doing. His are destructive & harmful.
Considering fighting the battle you're in instead of talking about how you'd fight something else.
We have had a series of targeted tariffs for decades.
We use them constantly.
But Trump is an idiot who will bring on INFLATION and then ultimately a RECESSION because he & his advisers don’t understand global economics.
You might want to explain that to your constituents.
More in my NY Times opinion piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/opinion/tariffs-democrats-mexico.html
The Tarriffs are Trumpflation.
Trump is gutting your social security & 401k at the same time. Trump will make it so you can never retire.
Maybe you should spend more time trying to explain the downsides of these policies, and less time chasing poll findings?
Or just retire and get out of the way?
That you miss this point undermines the rest of your argument.
Try some town halls to inform them.
Great point. There's even a gif about this.
And they’d be right. Bang on really.
Are you really like this or are you worse?
Ask your constituents how many of them work and/or shop at those.
2. We have exploited labor here through migrants and prisons
3. Deportation and tariffs aren't going to make billionaires pay living wages, they're just going to expand prison labor
Y'all voted for this shit.
That's not the debate and you know it, but just in case, let me refresh your memory:
1. Trump institutes broad tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
2. Markets suffer, diplomatic ties suffer
3. People are genuinely upset
You: "Um, actually not all tariffs are bad."
Making the wealthy pay taxes fixes the problem. Tariffs exacerbate it.
Work a year doing a blue collar job, live on the salary. Report back what you discover.
Yeah, tariffs are not all bad.
Layoffs are not all bad.
Cutbacks are not all bad.
What is currently happening is in-fucking-sane. Help fix that, then there can be rational discussion about tariffs.
Instead of muddling things like this, try explaining to your constituents why Trump's tariffs are stupid.
Then pretend not to be a nation of utter subservient pussies.
Tariffs cost the rest of us money, Chris. Why do you want nurses, teachers, Black people, and Latinos to have to pay more money for basic things?
That's what you're saying you want.
When are you going to fucking introduce articles of impeachment for yet another illegal act by that orange shitstain?
Do your fucking job.
Hope to never have to read nonsense like this again.
American companies were thrilled about those agreements because they allowed for an easy route to undermine union labor by exploiting sweatshops abroad.
Neither Bill Clinton nor Bush II were friends of American laborers.
Fire them.
Good luck in the primaries!
Punishing our closest allies with trade disputes has to stop even if the Chinese one’s remain.
Protective tariffs only work if you currently have the manufacturing and raw materials inside your borders.
The only things THESE tariffs do is penalize Americans.
YOU should know that.
Don’t give anyone the “well some tariffs aren’t that bad”..because what you are letting Trump do is take your words and say “see, not bad”
What's so hard to understand about this?
yeah, we all know Canada has so much slave labor. MORON
I meant that YOU. Personally. Are now the opposition party.
Resist. In whatever form(s) you can.
Tax the Rich
Cmon.
Feel free to adopt AB Cummins iowa idea that tried to thread this needle but youll also see that there is currently no surgical tariff position as tariffs are great for rich monopolists, as cummins found out
Hope you lose during the next primary elections.
#ElbowsUp as you try to annex Canada illegally.
Wow.
Maybe grow a pair before trying to sell tariffs.
Neoliberalism sucks as an economic structure but going around "WE NEED TO BE INDEPENDENT AND NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF" is literally a war cry from the Bourgeoise of this country to take more.
Maybe read a history book?
I support going back to a progressive tax system from the 1950s/expanding the social safety/using tariffs in responsible fashion to protect domestic workers/industries/etc
Economists agree nearly unanimously that tariffs are a tax on the American people. They make us all worse off, and hurt working class Americans.
Elbows up Canada.
And read the room. People are (rightfully) pissed off about punative tariffs levied under false pretenses, not strategic tariffs to balance commerce.
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Stop fixating on jobs. Focus on fair income distribution, and not only jobs.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-1-percent-has-sapped-79t-in-wealth-from-bottom-90-percent-since-1975/
At least they can be fun at parties.
you do not obey fascists. talk about tariffs when a democrat is president, the next four years are NOT the time for ANY cooperation with a corrupt dictatorship!!
Fuck
Yourself.
Also more support for nukes, because you guys are treaty-breaking fucks who surrender to the Taliban and Putin.
Did you notice that the Dow lost another 800 points today?
Moderated and intelligently thought-out tariffs are not bad. This bullshit, though, is an epic failure that will destroy our economy. So, how are you fighting fascism today?
You might want to look that up, too, and then reconsider your position.
Another “Democrat” losses his damn mind
You're in a damned war my dude. The enemy has no good points and no redeeming qualities.
He had time to post all that?
Let’s think a little before eating our own…
He’s arguing against broad anti-tariff sentiment within the center-left
Tariffs are horrible economic policy and no amount of economic bullying is bringing back the rust belt.
After this long - be creative and come up with new ideas instead of trying to resuscitate dead industries!!!