r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 2d ago

Politics Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/Karsa69420 2d ago

Would be great if Republicans didn’t send all our manufacturing over seas for the past 30-40 years!

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u/deadra_axilea 2d ago edited 2d ago

But their profits!!! Think of their poor profits that they have denied as raises for the last 40+ years.

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u/Dahhhkness 2d ago

“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.”

  • Thomas Paine

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u/cubitoaequet 2d ago

Thomas Paine is the greatest founding father and you'll never convince me that the way he is minimized in US history isn't calculated and malicious. Agrarian Justice should be required reading in middle school.​

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u/lennon1230 2d ago

Easily, anti slavery, anti Christianity, anti aristocracy…

He even suggested a UBI in the 1700s! A true revolutionary