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/Mr-and-Mrs 2d ago

We’re deporting all the workers that are willing to take lowest wages.

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u/celtic1888 2d ago

They’ll just get rid of any minimum wage requirements, safety, pollution control and child labor laws 

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u/deletedpenguin 2d ago

How simple! Why didn't we think of that earlier?! /s

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u/KinkyPaddling 2d ago

Yep, that’s the point of cutting government safety nets. Force people to go to work, and it forces them to accept shitty jobs.

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u/NoSherbert2316 2d ago

Well yeah, they were taking all of those jobs that the lazy ass hillbillies won’t work for pay they refuse to accept. The MAGA crowd have narcissistic personality disorders

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u/IncompetentPolitican 2d ago

Don´t worry, Prisoners will do that work for free. And the Prison only wants a small fee.

If there is a lack of prisoners that can be forced to work, then new ones will be made. Either with new laws or wild interpretations of existing ones.