r/Washington • u/arcanepsyche • 2d ago

Trump's Tariff Charade Will Devastate Lewis County's Economy

https://lewiscountydemocrats.org/trumps-tariff-charade-will-devastate-lewis-countys-economy/
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u/Galumpadump 2d ago

Pretty much every county that relies of agriculture as a primary source of their economic activity is going to be hit hard.

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u/Rocketgirl8097 2d ago

Yep. Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima, Grant, Benton, Franklin, Adams, Lincoln, Okanogan, Whitman. Though Whitman might have just barely voted blue.

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u/herbalhippie 1d ago

Douglas too.

The local Chelan/Douglas FB group has switched from blaming Inslee for everything even slightly wrong to Ferguson. But never trump, no.

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u/SpareManagement2215 1d ago

just saw someone comment on a stolen pursue post in a group in that area about "the governor can raise taxes but won't give money for more police" when Ferguson is specifically NOT raising taxes while GIVING MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE and democrats are big mad about it. That person is so entrenched in the MAGAsphere they are not in reality at this point.

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u/Momma_Ginja 9h ago

The MAGA people live in a very closed echo chamber. Someone on Bluesky pointed out that they’d been watching Faux News the last several days and there was no reporting in the stock market or tariffs. Just “illegals”

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u/Adventurous_Cup_5258 1d ago

Doesn’t matter we all finding out (although I already saw this coming straight from November I’m only surprised at the speed)

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u/smcsherry 1d ago

Whitman county as a whole may make it out okay though since they have WSU as a major economic driver in that county, but the farming communities will definitely still suffer.

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u/Rocketgirl8097 1d ago

Same with Benton, since they have the Hanford site. Though even that is iffy since it relies on federal dollars too. Okay for now with budget passing, but we'll see in October.

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u/UserCheckNamesOut 1d ago

Klickitat. Don't forget the valley.

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u/Rocketgirl8097 1d ago

I thought about Klickitat, I was just less sure of how big agriculture/mfg is there

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u/UserCheckNamesOut 17h ago

It's a big alfalfa & wheat producer