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Yeah, there's a whole lot of open questions, beyond just is this even what he's trying to do in the first place (which is questionable since he can be known to
by techpineapple 2y ago
Yeah, there's a whole lot of open questions, beyond just is this even what he's trying to do in the first place (which is questionable since he can be known to hide his true intentions).
1. Does he have the time. There's two options for solving the time problem.
1. He has to convince, probably Democrats that this is the right solution. One way to do this would be to get far enough down the path that undoing it seems crazy, either because undoing it is more expensive or undoing it is politically untenebale, but really he has to convince everyone, because he has to convince business that want to make the capitol investment they won't lose cash if trade barriers are lifted in 2-4 years.
2. He does become a dictator(which he would have to live long enough to see this plan to fruition), he goes really harsh on tariffs, and makes the obvious case. But this still may not even work, because he would have to convince businesses making the capitol investment he would live long enough and stay in power long enough for this to all happen. What would that take 10 years? Maybe 20?
2. This has to go basically against market demands which for the most part in the US is cheap cheap cheap. Look at fast food, the rise of fast fashion, are people really by and large bought into the idea "it's ok if things cost more, because it's better for America / People who work in manufacturing get paid more". American's by and large I think are not good at doing things "for the greater good" and we're not in a "do things for the greater good moment"