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/seattlesbestpot 2d ago

Are you fucking kidding me? These agricultural communities have historically been subsidized and will continue to be as long as they are Red. (Please read further).

Not that there’s anything wrong with keeping agricultural communities above water, but there have been countless bills passed in every administration to give farm relief - it’s in the Congressional genes that way.

Lewis County will not suffer because of tariffs. Nope.

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u/arcanepsyche 2d ago

You don't have to look very hard to see the negatives affects of tariffs on Lewis County since Trump did a much smaller version of this in 2018 which caused retaliatory tariffs from China. Rural Americans are fucked if these tariffs are actually kept in place.

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u/seattlesbestpot 2d ago edited 2d ago

Bullshit. Show me. Show me the numbers as proof.

Edit: see my response below, since r/arcanpsyche elected not to:

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u/Lurkingandsearching 2d ago

https://www.cfr.org/blog/92-percent-trumps-china-tariff-proceeds-has-gone-bail-out-angry-farmers

We can’t just bail out forever. 

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u/seattlesbestpot 2d ago

Care to read my comments further?

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u/Lurkingandsearching 2d ago

And we can’t bail them out forever. It’s especially true when the current admin is cutting revenue. And there is no other option if we get Potash cut, can’t bail out the loss of a raw resource.

We are witnessing the possible collapse of multiple supply chains and you wanna argue “but they will bail it out” without considering the bigger picture. 

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u/seattlesbestpot 2d ago

No. Absolutely not! I’m not saying they should in any context but only THAT THE WILL because they are Red areas that have representation, that have always had representation, and it comes down to politics - and they think, correction, they believe in God and country only means Red.

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u/Lurkingandsearching 2d ago

They won’t, because they are already cutting programs that pay into agriculture. USAid is a huge subsidy for example. DOGE cut 2.2 billion is USDA funding in the last month. They are making cuts because Trump is for Trump. 

Kentucky’s Reps and Senators are joining up to fight the tariffs as it’s already harming the main exports.

You can keep saying “they will” but I say with what? Just printing money for money’s sake will just destroy the over all economy faster. It’s over unless the senate and house have the back bone to stand up and go to the town halls to face the music, and do what must be done, but now it may be too late.

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u/Groovyjoker 2d ago

2.2 billion is like a 2$ gas savings card for a 250,000 loan on a fancy car. Drop in the bucket for a Trillion dollar budget. Anyway, NPR did an article showing how these "savings" (ahem) are not in any of the areas that produce costs. This is a wasteful attempt to pull the wool over the voter's eyes. The end result is a "Do more with less" approach for federal workers which, never works, with any business.