Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his policies will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain, Scott Lincicome writes.
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"Thanks to the internet, moreover, we benefit from internationally traded services too, whether it’s an online tutor in Pakistan, a personal trainer in London, a help-desk employee in India, or an accountant in the Philippines."
Those jobs were taken from Americans. Put tariffs on services.
Crass of privileged wealthy Republicans (and those who live on The Hill) assuming that consumers will ‘welcome the pain of high prices’!
Really? Have they polled voters as to their view of election promises being broken? Have they asked themselves about their inability to recognize incompetence?
How many Americans have even a single week's wages saved? How many have the luxury to choose healthy food over cheap food today? Will rising prices make this choice easier?
I have always said that Trump promised his followers that he will give them fillet mignon, and when he gives them ground beef he will convince them that a Salisbury steak is better than fillet
The election of Donald Trump as president proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that America's decline is inevitable. The 'dancers' should take the stage instead of making Americans pay for his ignorance. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Representative Mark Alford of Missouri told CNN, “We all have a role to play in this to rightsize our government, and if I have to pay a little bit more for something, I’m all for it to get America right again.”
Open challenge: I'll pay 50% income tax if you get the billionaires to pay just 20%
over the years #Republicans now #Maga have emptied the minds of our youth by devaluing education (Bush bragged about being a C ) just to refill their brains with #propaganda effectively growing their own. This to me is one of the scariest parts of what’s going on.
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Those jobs were taken from Americans. Put tariffs on services.
Really? Have they polled voters as to their view of election promises being broken? Have they asked themselves about their inability to recognize incompetence?
Open challenge: I'll pay 50% income tax if you get the billionaires to pay just 20%