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There are plenty of people who defend free markets...but both political parties are increasingly against them. Biden and Harris both campaigned on price contro
by slibhb 2y ago
There are plenty of people who defend free markets...but both political parties are increasingly against them.
Biden and Harris both campaigned on price controls. Trump is all in on tariffs.
- nickpeterson 2y agoYou don’t get big corporate donations to your superpac by trying to bust up monopolies.
- gruez 2y agoDemocrats out-fundraised the Republicans last election and were arguably more anti-business (eg. Lina Khan's FTC) than the Republicans.
- XorNot 2y agoDon't pretend cost of living wasn't a lot of Trump voters reason to vote for Trump. The tarrifs weren't a surprise and Vance was running around brandishing a box of eggs as the greatest problem. The electorate only likes free markets when it makes things cheap with no consequences they care about.
- paulddraper 2y agoThat sounds beneficial for sure.