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20 sats \ 8 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 15 Nov 2024 \ parent \ on: Machiavelli's Sage Advice To Transformational Leaders Politics_And_Law
Agreed, Trump has to get the job done in one fell swoop. He may not get a chance at a second bite of the apple.
Day1 - all the firings and EOs should be done. Installing the new people on that day, also. Fire all of the top military brass “resistors” and recent appointees.
Day -2 work Musk and Ramaswamy’s recommendations to the maximum.
Start the drilling. Start the tariffs. Start the regulation torching.
Start the tariffs
You lost me here. You mean to rise tax on imports?
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Yes, they are technically called tariffs.
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That would have devastating consequences for the US. I'm sure Trump blandishes that only as a mean of negotiation against China and the like. But if actually put into practice, the US will go down straight into a severe recession. That's precisely the protectionism that crippled Argentina's economy for decades, and the solution out of the crisis and into economic prosperity is to take tariffs down.
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Yes, that is what the Austrians say. But, theoretically, the whole world would have to drop tariffs to make free trade work. I don’t see that happening at any time. Too many countries prefer to do protectionism.
Yes, we could drop our tariffs and try to freely trade, but what are we making lately that people want? I would say nothing that they want because who wants tanks, bombs and other weapons? Only thieving states want them.
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the whole world would have to drop tariffs to make free trade work
That's the exact opposite of how tariffs work, where did you got that theory from?
Ain't no "theoretical" here, I'm talking to you from first hand, real-life experience: tariffs devastated the local economy in Argentina. We are in our way to eliminate them for good.
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Tariffs work to block free trade. They work to protect local businesses at the cost of local consumers. The local businesses under tariffs become non-competitive with outside businesses. Thus, devastation when they are exposed to outside influences.
England had the same experience when they made their “Corn Laws” that lowered tariffs, their consumers were better off and the businesses became very competitive. In the short term there was a lot of problems in the economy when they had to adjust to the new regime.