Tariffs = Taxes, and Trump has just raised taxes by a lot. I get that many of you dislike our often-measured approach, but I think we were appropriately plain-spoken here, leading the home page right now.
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Bill Clinton raised taxes and the economy exploded so you can try to argue ceteris peribus (sp?) bullshit but the relationship is not as clear as you assert.
Kansas cut spending and killed demand worse than what the tax cuts created. Also there is some math about who to give tax cuts, and giving them to rich people is less effective than giving them to working class people. That is another lesson from Kansas.
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Past the time for plain spokenness. The headline should be a screaming panic. This is so milk toast people will glance past. It should be screaming that Trumps raised taxes so high people will fall into poverty and die.
Also, Ron, can you explain how a President can raise taxes without Congress, without making a case for immediate impeachment for violating the separation of powers?
What a disingenuous fucking post. But hey, great headline. Now that you’ve done your work for the year, maybe you can defend our way of life (or at least report on it)
the problem is that the time for "appropriately plain-spoken" was 2015. now it is incumbent upon you to inform your readers that Trump does not have a plan; he is not "scrambling priorities" or "upending policies"; he is crashing the market as the result of a monomania he's shown since the 80s.
Good article and headline, but the fact that you feel the need to call it out speaks volumes about the problem with NYT these days. Too measured, when it’s not being downright deceptive in the way stories are framed.
Your assertion that Republican policies are intended to grow the economy are false. Massively cutting revenue (taxes) just to funnel more money to billionaires who hoard it doesn’t “grow the economy.”
“Often measured” is a weird way to say you straight up misrepresent what’s happening to your readers. And if you hadn’t pissed off your Nobel-prize winning economist, he’d tell you there’s no empirical evidence that tax cuts lead to growth. That’s a GOP talking point. So good job.
It is not a "measured approach" It is a fundamentally misleading approach. If a car drives off a cliff, your headline would be "Car appears to be accelerating". When the history of this moment is written, you and the NYT will be found guilty of abetting the rise of cruelty and authoritarianism.
I would like to assume that this wasn't your intention, but this does kinda read as though you're patronizingly patting us on the head and giving us a little treat.
It was not my intention, and I appreciate you saying that it sounded that way. Will do better. Just seeking middle ground with our customers and critics, as ever. This is a good reminder to talk about the stories here and not try to explain decisions I did not make in 300 characters or less.
in any case, your "measured" headlines are, in actuality, frequently misleading in a way that downplays, if not outright disregards, the damage that Trump and his ghouls is inflicting on our country.
Not crazy about the subheading. Wtf does “growth” mean? Growth of the economy? Not happening right now. Growth of Americans’ bank accounts? Not unless they’re already billionaires. What are Republicans even trying to grow right now besides enmity with the rest of the world?
You think the NYT is measured? Was your Ttump sane-washing measured?
Are you delusional?
I don't believe a word from the NYT, because they don't mention a lot. To be measured, you need to mention all the facts, not just the facts you and scum Trump want mentioned.
No, NYT, they like to cut the rich people's taxes. They like to raise taxes on non-rich-people. What they're doing here is perfectly consistent with that ethos.
Growth? Republican tax plans have never been centered on nor have they resulted in growth. You spew this horseshit and then you want a cookie for calling a tariff a tax?
The problem with the the tariffs isn't that they are not a tax cut and may actually be a tax hike, the problem with the tariffs is that they are setting off a trade war
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Since it seems you are feeling defensive, I’d love a defense of treating Trump like a normal candidate with normal proposals. No one but you and his voters are surprised your guy has wrecked 17 years of steady growth.
I think the reporting in the Times is, for the most part, first rate. The headlines & decks are often so "measured" as to be dangerously equivocal (this one being an exception). Most people only read heads & decks--so euphemisms & soft-pedaling facts/truth in headlines is actively misleading readers
Since when are GOP economic plans centered on growth?
Sure, they SAY that over and over. But facts clearly show a track record of Dem presidents leading substantially larger growth than under GOP presidents.
NYT does this, basing pieces on readily available facts, right?
Republican plans have NEVER centered on economic growth. Just on tax cuts for the wealthy. Republicans are mostly neutral regarding tax cuts for the middle class and below (like FICA, sales taxes, and proposed consumption taxes), and tariff taxes will hit these people the hardest.
I don't think an "often-measured approach" is why so many people swore off the Times for good during the 2024 campaign, but congrats on publishing an appropriate headline once in a while. A healthy newspaper wouldn't need to feel the need to point out the individual times that they get it right.
Respectfully it comes across less as measured and more as… not in contact with reality. Reading NYT headlines is like entering an alternate universe at this point.
Republicans only like to cut taxes for the rich. The Reagan era which gave first ever tax cut to rich paid for it with 11 new taxes on working classes. And they took it. No rebellion, kept voting republicans who destroy them every cycle.
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Alles klar?
Get fucked.
Fuck no.
(I just woke up)
Are you delusional?
I don't believe a word from the NYT, because they don't mention a lot. To be measured, you need to mention all the facts, not just the facts you and scum Trump want mentioned.
"Trump throws economy into chaos with haphazard, AI-powered decree"
Why not just:
Trump and the GOP Raised Taxes
Tariffs Are A Trump Tax Increase
Republican Tax Hypocrisy On Display With Trump Tariffs
We aren’t fools. NYT would make more money if it didn’t treat your readers as such.
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It's stories like that one that make us question your paper's judgement and ideological bias
That she seems proud of the framing makes me wonder where the "measured" tone was when it was edited.
Sure, they SAY that over and over. But facts clearly show a track record of Dem presidents leading substantially larger growth than under GOP presidents.
NYT does this, basing pieces on readily available facts, right?
need a hyphen to modify an adjective.
An example of plain spoken 👇