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2025-08-26 Economy

Are President Trump's tariffs actually working?

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-26 09:46|| || Front Page|| [202 views ] Top

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Like many, we physically shop Wally World among other stores for normal items.

Has anyone else noticed, that WW has been discounting just about anything, but food items, the last 4 weeks during their massive remodeling & new layout efforts?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-08-26 10:46|| 2025-08-26 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 First of all, none of those economists seem to be unruffled by the tariffs the other countries erected against American products for decades. Strange that they continue to talk about free markets when the other guys don't play the same game.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-08-26 12:35|| 2025-08-26 12:35|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ National pride is often viewed with suspicion in modern intellectual circles, where cynicism and self-criticism are sometimes mistaken for sophistication.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-26 14:01|| 2025-08-26 14:01|| Front Page Top

#4 They all were OK with the US paying tariffs to other countries. Now they seem to try and find reasons. Free trade. to say its not all that good. They have been wrong on EVERY economic indicator with regard to trump, they will be proven wrong on all their hand wringing over this one...

Posted by 49 Pan 2025-08-26 16:32|| 2025-08-26 16:32|| Front Page Top

#5 shouldn't really be a surprise

a 0.5% VAT over the same time period would also increase revenue and thus decrease budget deficit by about the same amount

it would also, over time, reduce GDP growth by a bit and thus reduce employment by a bit, total wages by a bit, etc.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-08-26 20:37|| 2025-08-26 20:37|| Front Page Top

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