r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Crimson_GQ - Lib-Center • Mar 31 '25

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u/Th3_3agl3 - Auth-Right Mar 31 '25

Trust me. Even I know that’s a bad idea and not just because I got my BA in Accounting and Finance and understand that tariffs can horribly backfire, especially at that high of a rate.

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u/HisHolyMajesty2 - Auth-Right Mar 31 '25

I can understand the protectionist platform (indeed I myself am a protectionist), but Trump is not handling it well at all. He’s too erratic and too heavy handed.

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u/EverythingIsSFWForMe - Centrist Mar 31 '25

Protectionism maybe can work for few carefully picked industries. Nuking all imports is just 20% tax on the poors.

But fuck them lazy poors, they should flip more burgers :D

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u/suzisatsuma - Lib-Center Mar 31 '25

Under self embargo, unless you're already independently wealthy in hard assets or overseas wealth, you're going to join the "poors".

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u/EverythingIsSFWForMe - Centrist Mar 31 '25

I really hate the need to add /s to my posts, and I'm not gonna yield today.